fact of life

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT You say that something which is not pleasant is a fact of life when there is nothing you can do to change it so you must accept it. 現(xiàn)實(shí); 無(wú)法改變的事實(shí)
Stress is a fact of life from time to time for all of us. 壓力對(duì)我們所有人來(lái)說(shuō)都是時(shí)常麪對(duì)的現(xiàn)實(shí)。
2. N-PLURAL If you tell a child about the facts of life, you tell him or her about sexual intercourse and how babies are born. 性知識(shí)['the' N]
There comes a time when children need to know more than the basic facts of life. 兒童到了一定的時(shí)候就需要了解更多的性知識(shí)。