half truth

同根派生

The art of making whole lies out of half truth.
從一半的事實(shí)編出全部謊言的藝術(shù)。
A half truth is often no better than a lie.
半真半假的話常常跟謊言一樣糟。
This man seemed to me to lean over the cornice, and timidly whisper his half truth to the rude occupants who really knew it better than he.
在我看來，這位建筑師仿佛俯身在飛檐上，羞澀地向那粗魯?shù)淖羲秸Z著他的似是而非的真理，實(shí)際上住戶比他還知道得更多。
His evidence was a blend of smears, half truths and downright lies.
他的證詞里摻雜著誹謗、部份的事實(shí)和徹頭徹尾的謊言。
Today we have to listen very carefully to everything anyone says to us, because half truths are very dangerous, and can lead us away from the truth.
現(xiàn)在我們得很注意的聽別人所說的所有的話，因?yàn)榘胝姘爰俚脑捠呛芪ｋU(xiǎn)的，而他可以讓我們忽略事實(shí)。