Word · Frequency #20894
veracity
诚实；真实
truthfulness; honesty
- 1.
The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
说真话或陈述事实的品质；诚实。
- 2.
unwillingness to tell lies
不愿说谎
- 3.
Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
真实的事物；真实的陈述；事实。
- 4.
Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
与事实一致；符合真相；准确或精确。
- 5.
Act of being exact and accurate.
精确和准确的行为。
- 6.
Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
行动计划的正确性和谨慎。
准确（性）；精确（性）；事实；真话；严谨；周密；说真话或陈述事实的品质；诚实。；不愿说谎
In use
The journalist's veracity was questioned after the story turned out to be false.
I have no reason to doubt the veracity of her account of the accident.
The court valued the witness's veracity above all other evidence.
the veracity of sth
veracity 通常不可数，指陈述、报告等的真实性或准确性。
The committee is examining the veracity of his statement.
委员会正在审查他陈述的真实性。
question/doubt the veracity of sth
常用于正式语境，表达对事实准确性的怀疑。
Many readers began to question the veracity of the news report.
许多读者开始质疑这篇新闻报道的真实性。
with veracity
with veracity 作状语，表示“真实地、诚实地”，语气较正式。
Connections
Collocations
- question the veracity
- 质疑…的真实性
- The reporter questioned the veracity of the official's explanation.记者质疑了这位官员解释的真实性。
- verify the veracity
- 核实…的真实性
- We need to verify the veracity of the data before using it.在使用这些数据之前，我们需要核实其真实性。
- accept the veracity
- 认可…的真实性
- After reviewing the evidence, the judge accepted the veracity of the witness's account.审查证据后，法官认可了证人陈述的真实性。
- the veracity of the claim
- 说法的真实性
- Investigators are still assessing the veracity of the claim.调查人员仍在评估这一说法的真实性。
- the veracity of the testimony
- 证词的真实性
- The jury considered the veracity of the testimony.陪审团考虑了证词的真实性。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：veracity 开头 ver- 像 very，联想到‘非常真实’；中间 -acity 好像 a city，想象一座城市里人人讲真话，就是‘诚实真实’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、法律文件、新闻报道、正式演讲 veracity 通常用于正式语境，如学术写作、法律文件或新闻报道，表示真实、诚实或准确。日常口语中较少使用，更口语化的说法可以是 truthfulness 或 honesty。
Grammar Note
表示'说真话/诚实'时通常不可数；表示'真实的事/陈述'时可数，复数形式为 veracities。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些以 -acity 结尾的词彼此谐韵（如 /kəˈpæsəti/、/təˈnæsəti/），但注意与目标词 veracity 给出的 /vɝˈæsɪti/ 相比，它们最后一个非重读音节常为 /əti/，故只能算作拼写上的近似词，并非严格押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.