de facto
adjective[before noun],adverb
formaluk/ˌdeɪ ˈfæk.təʊ/us/ˌdɪ ˈfæk.toʊ/existinginfact,althoughperhapsnotintended,legal, oraccepted:
事实上的,实际上的Thecityisrapidlybecomingthe defactocentreof thefinancialworld.这座城市正在迅速成为事实上的金融中心。
He's her defactohusbandthough they're notactuallymarried.虽然他们没有结婚,但他是她事实上的丈夫。
Englishis defactothecommonlanguageof much of theworldtoday.实际上,英语是当今世界大部分地区的常用语言。
If it is on Britishsoilthen it is defactoBritish.如果它在英国的土地上,那么它实际上就是英国的。
Compare
de jureformal
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not goldidiom
- apocryphal
- fake news
- false
- false flag
- falsely
- fantastical
- nothing could be further from the truthidiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- practically
- veridical
- verifiability
- verifiable
- verifiably
- verily
de facto
noun[C]
Australian Englishformaluk/ˌdeɪ ˈfæk.təʊ/us/ˌdeɪ ˈfæk.toʊ/(alsodefacto)
apersonsomeoneliveswith as awifeor ahusband,althoughthey are notmarried:
事实婚姻中的妻子(或丈夫),同居伴侣They'veinvitedJoanne and her defactoforlunchonSunday.他们已经邀请乔安妮和她的伴侣星期天来吃午饭。