factual
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fac·tu·al /ˈfæktʃuəl/ ●○○ adjective TRUEbased on facts or relating to facts （基于）事实的；与事实相关的 Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible. 你要尽量如实地说明情况。factual information/knowledge/statements etc Libraries are stores of factual information. 图书馆是事实资料的宝库。 The report contained a number of factual errors. 报告中有一些与事实不符的错误。► see thesaurus at true —factually adverb The document is factually correct. 这份文件的内容真实无误。Examples from the Corpus
factual• This complex and imperfect achievement did not result automatically or easily from dispassionate moral or factual analysis.• The original part consists of a string of factual claims, many of which are quarter-truths or plain wrong.• History books have their main ideas, supporting evidence and factual details arranged in a particular manner.• There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.• Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.• The questions had, for the most part, been slanted to the factual points about where people were on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.• Neither of these approaches necessitate the drawing of precise lines between legal and factual questions.• For this reason, use short paragraphs and direct, factual sentences.factual information/knowledge/statements etc• However, there are occasions when speech is used for the detailed transmission of factual information.• This requires more than factual knowledge.• Many respondents criticized campus police for not disclosing enough factual information about the racial events, fueling rumors and speculation.• They need to provide the factual knowledge and the reasoning skills that a rational mind requires.• Motivation is heightened, factual knowledge increased, and opinions may be modified.• In practice this may not be onerous as very limited factual information is contained in the typical advertisement.• They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information, they want to get it right.• Yes, you memorized all types of lists and pieces of factual information with regard to, say, the physical sciences.fac·tu·al adjectiveChineseSyllable
on or based to Corpus relating facts facts
factual
fac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/
adjectivebased on facts or relating to facts:
Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.
factual information/knowledge/statements etc
Libraries are stores of factual information.
The report contained a number of factual errors.
—factually adverb:
The document is factually correct.
▪ true based on real facts, and not imagined or invented: The film was based on a true story. | Do you think the rumours are true?
▪accurate based on facts and not containing any mistakes – used about descriptions, information, and numbers: The measurements are accurate. | His assessment of the current economic situation is accurate.
▪undeniable/indisputable definitely true, so that no one can argue or disagree about it: It is indisputable that the situation has got worse. | The decline in inflation was undeniable, even if the reasons for the decline were unclear.
▪factual based on facts, or involving facts: The court makes its decision based on factual evidence. | There is very little factual information about the incident. | a factual account of what happened | The questions ask for a purely factual answer, not for opinion.
▪verifiable formal able to be proven to be true or correct: The data was verifiable.
▪it is a fact used when saying that something is definitely true: It is a fact that women live longer than men.
▪be the truth to be true – used when saying that someone is not lying: What I told you was the truth.
▪be the case if a situation is the case, that is the way the situation truly is: It is certainly the case that crime rates are lower in Europe than in the US.
fac‧tu‧al /ˈfæktʃuəl/
adjectivebased on facts or relating to facts: factual information/knowledge/statements etc
—factually adverb:
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