This was indeed the case.
但事实上确有此人。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

case [kes] 词频1 词根: 切开
n. （实）例，事例;情况，状况;诉讼（事件），案件，判例;容器（箱，盒）; vt. 把…装入箱（或盒等）内;加盖于;包围，围住;[俚语]（尤指盗窃前）探察，侦查，窥测;
💡 cas(to fall)+e→事件；事情；场合；状态；诉讼事件；患者
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他们申请早日审理他们的案子.
近义：incident, instance, occasion, occurrence, opportunity, circumstance
indeed [ɪn'did] 词频1
adv. 的确，确实，实在;实际上，真正地;真的，真是;甚至;
💡 在行为（deed）事实里（in）即 确实
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的.
近义：assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea 反义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.
身穿一条拖地长裙，
Life there is simple and good.
在那里，生活简单又美好。
The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
唯一可以与之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”号帆船。
It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。
Squeezing through a cleft in the rocks, the pot-holers arrived at an enormous cavern, the size of a huge concert hall.
洞穴探险者从岩石缝里挤身过去，来到一个巨大的洞里，其大小相当于一个音乐厅。
I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers.
我认为这不过是他们在陌生人面前表现出的害羞。