| 单词 | reality check |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreality check reality check n. originally U.S. a reminder of the situation or state of things in the real world, esp. to dispel mistaken perceptions or unrealistic expectations; a corrective comparison with real life. ΚΠ 1935 R. R. Willoughby in C. Murchison Handbk. Social Psychol. xii. 471 The ordinary checks, delays, and inhibitions imposed by objective reality... Among the implicit reactions we may distinguish two subdivisions, one in which the normally present criticism from the sense of reality is still present, but abeyant, and one in which this reality-check is completely lapsed. 1960 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 34 125 Passing through the educational system tended..to act as a reality check as to the plausibility of their occupational plans in relation to their educational plans. 1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm iii. 55 The need for a reality check provides the chief distinction between mental health and illness. 1995 Briarpatch Mar. 32/1 Let's do a reality check. Over 90 percent of single mothers under the age of 25 live in poverty. 2000 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. iv. 17/3 The attack in Yemen serves as a reality check... It reminds us that our power to project our values can be seen as a mortal threat to the values of others. < as lemmas |
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