de facto

劍橋詞典

existing in fact , although perhaps not intended , legal , or accepted
事實(shí)上的，實(shí)際上的
The city is rapidly becoming the de facto centre of the financial world . 這座城市正在迅速成為事實(shí)上的金融中心。
He's her de facto husband though they're not actually married . 雖然他們沒有結(jié)婚，但他是她事實(shí)上的丈夫。
English is de facto the common language of much of the world today. 實(shí)際上，英語是當(dāng)今世界大部分地區(qū)的常用語言。
If it is on British soil then it is de facto British. 如果它在英國的土地上，那么它實(shí)際上就是英國的。
比較
de jure 返回 de facto