a grain of truth

常见例句

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.
我們多麽不喜歡他，但必需承認,他可能有點兒道理，但就那麽點兒,關於他所說的話。
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