de facto

noun

/ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/

(plural de factos)

(Australian English, New Zealand English)

a person who lives with somebody as their husband or wife, although they are not officially married事实事实：尽管未正式结婚但仍与某人作为丈夫或妻子生活的人
- We've invited James and his de facto to our wedding.我们邀请了詹姆斯和他的未婚妻参加我们的婚礼。
词源Latin, literally ‘of fact’.

de facto

adverb

/ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/

(from Latin, formal)

in a way that exists as a fact although it may not be legally accepted实际上存在的（不一定合法）
- He continued to rule the country de facto.实际上，他继续统治着这个国家。
compare de jure

de facto

adjective

/ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/

[usually before noun]

(from Latin, formal) existing as a fact although it may not be legally accepted as existing实际上存在的（不一定合法）
- The general took de facto control of the country.这位将军实际上控制了整个国家。
Collocations Dictionary
De facto is used with these nouns:
recognition
(Australian English, New Zealand English) (of a relationship关系) in which two people live together as if they are married, without actually being married事实：两个人好像没有结婚就生活在一起
- John was in a de facto relationship with Dawn for 22 years.约翰和道恩事实上已经交往了22年。
(Australian English, New Zealand English) (of a person or couple) living in a de facto relationship实际上存在的（不一定合法）
- her de facto husband她事实上的丈夫

词源Latin, literally ‘of fact’.

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词汇	de facto
释义	de facto noun /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ (plural de factos) (Australian English, New Zealand English) a person who lives with somebody as their husband or wife, although they are not officially married事实事实：尽管未正式结婚但仍与某人作为丈夫或妻子生活的人 We've invited James and his de facto to our wedding.我们邀请了詹姆斯和他的未婚妻参加我们的婚礼。词源Latin, literally ‘of fact’. de facto adverb /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ (from Latin, formal) in a way that exists as a fact although it may not be legally accepted实际上存在的（不一定合法） He continued to rule the country de facto.实际上，他继续统治着这个国家。 compare de jure de facto adjective /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktəʊ/ [usually before noun] (from Latin, formal) existing as a fact although it may not be legally accepted as existing实际上存在的（不一定合法） The general took de facto control of the country.这位将军实际上控制了整个国家。 Collocations DictionaryDe facto is used with these nouns: recognition (Australian English, New Zealand English) (of a relationship关系) in which two people live together as if they are married, without actually being married事实：两个人好像没有结婚就生活在一起 John was in a de facto relationship with Dawn for 22 years.约翰和道恩事实上已经交往了22年。 (Australian English, New Zealand English) (of a person or couple) living in a de facto relationship实际上存在的（不一定合法） her de facto husband她事实上的丈夫词源Latin, literally ‘of fact’.
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