| 单词 | actual |
| 释义 | actual (once / 48 pages) adj If you describe something as actual, it really exists or is true. You might excitedly tell your friends that you saw an actual bald eagle land on your mailbox. Use the adjective actual when you want to emphasize that something is certain or confirmed, especially when it's different from what you expected. For example, you might say, "The actual length of my cousin's visit was three weeks, even though she said she'd stay three days." The Old French root is actuel, "now existing," from the Latin word actus, "a doing, driving, or impulse." WORD FAMILYactual: actualise, actuality, actualize, actually+/actualise: actualisation, actualised, actualises, actualising/actuality: actualities/actualization: actualizations/actualize: actualization, actualized, actualizes, actualizing USAGE EXAMPLESWe’re always hearing about “firestorms of protest,” but they seldom involve actual fire. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) On all fronts, the actual future confounds the imagined future. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Mr. Milberg consulted a variety of experts, who told him it might be the actual manuscript, and worth as much as $500,000. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj existing in act or fact rocks and trees...the actual world actual heroism the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced Syn factual existent, real being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory 2adj being or existing at the present moment the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West Syn current occurring in or belonging to the present time 3adj presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different actual and imagined conditions Syn|Ant existent effective existing in fact; not theoretical; real possible, potential existing in possibility latentpotentially existing but not presently evident or realized 4adj taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated we saw the actual wedding on television filmed the actual beating Syn existent, real being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory 5adj being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something her actual motive Syn genuine, literal, real true consistent with fact or reality; not false |
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