the bare factsTRUEa statement that tells someone only what they need to know, with no additional details 最基本的事实 The newspaper had simply published the bare facts. 报上只刊登了最基本的事实。
the bare facts• There is only room here to outline the bare facts about cuts and the main lines of argument that surround them.• Loretta peered at the bare facts of Puddephat's life.• After relating the bare facts of the suicide decades later, Dan looked away, shuddering to keep his composure.
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