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N-UNCOUNT
現實;事實
You use reality to refer to real things or the real nature of things rather than imagined, invented, or theoretical ideas.
例句
Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred...
虛構和現實越來越難以區分了。
Psychiatrists become too caught up in their theories to deal adequately with reality.
精神病專家太糾結于理論,無法很好地處理現實問題。
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N-COUNT
(尤指不愉快的或困難的)真實情況,實際情形
The reality of a situation is the truth about it, especially when it is unpleasant or difficult to deal with.
例句
...the harsh reality of top international competition...
高層次的國際競爭的嚴酷現實
Other psychoanalysts do accept the reality of child sexual abuse.
其他心理分析師確實接受了兒童性侵犯的現實。
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N-SING
現實存在;真實發生的事
You say that something has become a reality when it actually exists or is actually happening.
例句
...the whole procedure that made this book become a reality...
本書成書的整個過程
The reality is that they are poor.
現狀是他們很貧窮。
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PHRASE
事實上;實際上
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.
例句
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.
他給人的印象是很適應都市生活,但實際上并非如此。