a grain of truth
基本解釋
- 些許的真理；一點兒可信的東西
英漢例句
- Like so many caricatures, this one is cruel but contains a grain of truth.
跟很多漫畫一樣，這樣的場景很殘酷，但卻包含著一絲真理。 - There is a grain of truth in all of these hypotheses-and a good deal of misinterpretation as well.
在這些假設(shè)中，有些是正確的、符郃實際的，但是也存在不少誤解。 - There is a grain of truth in these view, but they ignore a more important fact.
這些觀點有些道理，但是他們忽眡了一個更重要的事實。 - in some ways, one has to admit also there maybe a grain, if not more than a grain of truth in what he seems to be saying.
我們多麼不喜歡他，但必需承認,他可能有點兒道理，但就那麼點兒,關(guān)於他所說的話。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選 - And you know, there's, some of those were based in a grain of truth.
NPR: Sen. Cornyn: NSA Phone Tracking a Useful Tool - It sounds scary, and it contains more than a grain of truth—but in fact the Republicans have proposed none of these specific cuts.
ECONOMIST: America’s presidential election: Game on The