a grain of truth

常见例句

Like so many caricatures, this one is cruel but contains a grain of truth.
跟很多漫画一样，这样的场景很残酷，但却包含着一丝真理。
There is a grain of truth in all of these hypotheses-and a good deal of misinterpretation as well.
在这些假设中，有些是正确的、符合实际的，但是也存在不少误解。
There is a grain of truth in these view, but they ignore a more important fact.
这些观点有些道理，但是他们忽视了一个更重要的事实。

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.
我们多么不喜欢他，但必需承认,他可能有点儿道理，但就那么点儿,关于他所说的话。
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