TRUE

(noun.) proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; 'out of true'.

(verb.) make level, square, balanced, or concentric; 'true up the cylinder of an engine'.

(adj.) accurately placed or thrown; 'his aim was true'; 'he was dead on target' .

(adj.) accurately fitted; level; 'the window frame isn't quite true' .

(adj.) devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; 'true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them' .

(adj.) consistent with fact or reality; not false; 'the story is true'; 'it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true'- B. Russell; 'the true meaning of the statement' .

(adj.) conforming to definitive criteria; 'the horseshoe crab is not a true crab'; 'Pythagoras was the first true mathematician' .

(adj.) having a legally established claim; 'the legitimate heir'; 'the true and lawful king' .

(adj.) determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; 'true north is geographic north' .

(adj.) rightly so called; 'true courage'; 'a spirit which true men have always admired'; 'a true friend' .

(adv.) as acknowledged; 'true, she is the smartest in her class'.

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• American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Bleak House; true. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• True, but the question is, may she be won? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• And nothing's truer than them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Could I look at my failure from no truer point of view than this? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• A new philosophical basis is becoming increasingly necessary to socialism--one that may not be truer than the old materialism but that shall simply be more useful. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• That is true, truer than most politicians would admit in public. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Believe me, and Elinor spoke it with the truest sincerity, nothing could be farther from my intention than to give you such an idea. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I was the truest wife that ever lived, though I married my husband out of pique, because somebody else--but never mind that. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And which of the three has the truest knowledge and the widest experience? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Confide some other passion to me, if you will; I will be the truest, warmest, and most faithful friend you have. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Our dearest, truest, kindest friend and protector? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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