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单词 reality
释义
reality
noun
uk
/riˈæl.ə.ti/us
/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
B2[SorU]
thestateof things as they are,ratherthan as they areimaginedto be:
现实；实际情况
The realityofthesituationis thatunlesswefindsome newfundingsoon, theyouthcentrewill have toclose.现实情况是，如果我们不能马上再筹到一些资金，青少年中心就得关门。
Heescapedfromreality by going to thecinemaeveryafternoon.他每天下午都去电影院看电影，借此来逃避现实。
Heseemedveryyoung, but he wasinreality(= infact)olderthan all of us.他看上去很年轻，可实际上他比我们所有人年龄都大。
B2[C]
afact:
事实；真实
Thebookconfrontstheharshsocialandpoliticalrealities of theworldtoday.这本书直面当今世界残酷的社会和政治现实。
Herchildhoodambitionbecameareality(=happenedinfact)when she was made ajudge.她被任命为法官，儿时的抱负终于成为了现实。
(alsoreality TV)
televisionprogrammesaboutordinarypeoplewho arefilmedinrealsituations,ratherthanactors:
真人秀
There's too much reality on TV.电视上的真人秀节目太多了。
She'sfamousas a realitystar.她是从真人秀里出名的。
More examples
  • Romanticnovelsprovideanescapefrom reality.
  • I like theideaoflivingin thecountrysidebut I'm notsureI'd like the reality.
  • I sometimesthinkthat he'slosinghisgraspon reality.
  • Thestarkreality is that we areoperatingat ahugeloss.
  • Thisfilmblursthelinebetween reality andfantasy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Reality and truth
  • actuality
  • apothegm
  • authenticity
  • axiomatically
  • fact
  • gospel
  • home truth
  • immediacy
  • impostor syndrome
  • it is what it isidiom
  • practice
  • real life
  • the real McCoy
  • the real thing
  • the real world
  • truth is stranger than fictionidiom
  • truth will outidiom
  • veracity
  • verisimilitude
  • verity
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(Definition ofrealityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

reality| American Dictionary

reality
noun[C/U]
us
/riˈæl·ɪ·t̬i/
theactualstateof things, or thefactsinvolvedin such astate:
[U]The reality is I’m not going to bepickedfor theteam.
[C]The realities ofparenthoodwereoverwhelmingat first.
in reality
In realitymeanswhatactuallyhappenedor what theactualsituationis:
He told thepolicehe was out oftown, but in reality, he never wentanywhere.
(Definition ofrealityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreality

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Later the parties reformulated their goals in accordance with what they regarded as new social realities.
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Presumably, their theory was that their formulae represent not only historical realities but synchronic realities of some sort as well.
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Family associations have adapted and changed in accord with their audiences and markets, their potential kinship bases, and the economic realities they address.
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The predominant model of an ethics consultant, a sort of "beeper" ethicist available to different hospital units, is inconsistent with the realities of rural life.
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Beginning in the late 1970s, policy-makers began to rethink welfare state strategies in light of economic stagnation, international pressures, and new demographic realities.
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Meanwhile, seaside humour now appears to lie more in exposing the realities beneath the old archetypes.
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The author seems strangely distanced from the realities of the country on which she writes.
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One aspect of project planning relates to the extent to which e-government designers are or are not exposed to the realities of the user context.
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Slyomovics invokes the idea of a palimpsest, a canvas on which layers of painted realities reveal underlying layers through the dominating, top image.
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The more recent realities in my own career, however, were begun either by chance remark or unforeseen happenstance.
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Such a possibility requires a condition: the capacity of realities to be transformed without being destroyed in the process.
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Any anti-corruption policy must face up to these realities.
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Idealizing the positive defensive and protective aspects of warriorhood may also involve a denial of the destructive, senseless realities of modern warfare.
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During future refinement of this technology, it is important to bear in mind the operational realities of using such a pupal separation system.
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Many of those faced with the practical realities of enforcing proclamations or other regulations of this nature were much more lenient.
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Collocationswithreality

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These are words often used in combination withreality.

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absolute reality
They do not capture anabsoluterealitybut a partial one.
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alternate reality
This suggests that the book takes place in analternatereality.
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alternative reality
It became a social enclave in which members were given opportunities to create analternativereality.
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