actuality
noun /ˌæktʃuˈæləti/
/ˌæktʃuˈæləti/
(plural actualities)
(formal)- [uncountable] the state of something existing in reality
真实;实际 - in actuality The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs.
这栋大楼外观雄伟,与照片中所见一模一样。
- in actuality The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs.
- [countable, usually plural] things that exist
synonym fact, reality真实情况;现实情况;事实 - the grim actualities of prison life
严酷的监狱生活现实
- the grim actualities of prison life
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte.