reality
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT You use reality to refer to real things or the real nature of things rather than imagined, invented, or theoretical ideas. 現(xiàn)實(shí)
Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred. 小說(shuō)與現(xiàn)實(shí)越來(lái)越混淆難分。
2. →see also virtual reality
3. N-COUNT Therealityof a situation is the truth about it, especially when it is unpleasant or difficult to deal with. (尤指令人不快或難對(duì)付的) 真實(shí)情形
...the harsh reality of top international competition. …頂級(jí)的國(guó)際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的殘酷現(xiàn)實(shí)。
4. N-SING You say that something has become a reality when it actually exists or is actually happening. 事實(shí)存在; 真實(shí)發(fā)生的事
...the whole procedure that made this book become a reality. …使這本書(shū)的出版成爲(wèi)現(xiàn)實(shí)的整個(gè)過(guò)程。
5. PHRASE You can use in reality to introduce a statement about the real nature of something, when it contrasts with something incorrect that has just been described. 事實(shí)上; 實(shí)際上
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not. 他看似適應(yīng)都市的生活，但事實(shí)上他不是。
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reality /r???l?t?/ (realities)
劍橋詞典
- B2 [ 單數(shù)名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- Romantic novels provide an escape from reality.
- I like the idea of living in the countryside but I'm not sure I'd like the reality.
- I sometimes think that he's losing his grasp on reality.
- The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss .
- This film blurs the line between reality and fantasy . 返回 reality
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be
現(xiàn)實(shí)；實(shí)際情況
The reality of the situation is that unless we find some new funding soon , the youth centre will have to close . 現(xiàn)實(shí)情況是，如果我們不能馬上再籌到一些資金，青少年中心就得關(guān)門(mén)。
He escaped from reality by going to the cinema every afternoon . 他每天下午都去電影院看電影，借此來(lái)逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)。
He seemed very young , but he was in reality (= in fact ) older than all of us. 他看上去很年輕，可實(shí)際上他比我們所有人年齡都大。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a fact
事實(shí)；真實(shí)
The book confronts the harsh social and political realities of the world today. 這本書(shū)直麪儅今世界殘酷的社會(huì)和政治現(xiàn)實(shí)。
Her childhood ambition became a reality (= happened in fact ) when she was made a judge . 她被任命爲(wèi)法官，兒時(shí)的抱負(fù)終於成爲(wèi)了現(xiàn)實(shí)。
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