reality

• n. 现实；实际；真实

real,真实的，现实的，-ity,名词后缀。

1. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;

"his world was shattered"

"we live in different worlds"

"for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"

2. the state of being actual or real;

"the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

3. the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be;

"businessmen have to face harsh realities"

4. the quality possessed by something that is real

reality (n.)

1540s, "quality of being real," from French réalité and directly Medieval Latin realitatem (nominative realitas), from Late Latin realis (see real (adj.)). Meaning "real existence, all that is real" is from 1640s; that of "the real state (of something)" is from 1680s. Sometimes 17c.-18c. also meaning "sincerity." Reality-based attested from 1960. Reality television from 1991.

reality, truth

这两个名词均有"真实"之意。

reality： 侧重指某事物的客观存在的真实性。

truth： 含义广泛，指符合事实、没有错误或虚假。

But till now, they've been something like a mirage（幻影）in the distance, more like a hazy（模糊的）dream than an actual reality.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

But in the end he created a reality of his own, channeling the magic of computing into products that reshaped entire industries.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

But the reality is more complicated.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Current life structures, career paths, educational choices, and social norms are out of tune with the emerging reality of longer lifespans.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

In the 1950s, the plan began to become a reality.

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

And the reality is that antibiotics have been responsible for saving millions of lives since penicillin, one of the earliest antibiotics, was first used on a clinical basis 70 years ago.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

The reality is that Antarctica is geopolitically contested.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It is still easy to be dazzled by the display of drones ( ' , 无人机 ), 3D printers, virtual reality goggles ( ' , 眼镜 ) and more smart devices than you could ever hope to catalog.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And we create opportunity for assessment and intervention, to help clients and communities cope effectively with the reality and change that reality when necessary.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and don't even realize it.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

But the idea that statisticians can then capture an objective reality isn't just impossible

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

They do not fully reflect the reality.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

My colleagues and I are studying something called augmented reality (a field of computer research dealing with the combination of real-world and virtual reality)," said Christopher Dede, professor in learning technologies at Harvard University, "Alien Contact," for example, is an exercise developed for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determine their location

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

So why is there such a discrepancy between the perception of immigrants' impact on the economy and the reality?

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

All researches agree that close to 25 billion devices, things and sensors will be connected by 2020 which incidentally is also the moment that millennials are expected to make up 75 percent of our overall workforce, and the fully connected home will becom

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

It is a grim reality that you can have one person who only makes around 13,000 dollars a year, while across town another is making millions.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

It is still easy to be dazzled by the display of drones, 3D printers, virtual reality goggles and more "smart" devices than you could ever hope to catalog.

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

One of the most significant pieces of news from the US in early 2017 was the efforts of Google to make autonomous driving a reality.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves.

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

The 28 existence of such ideals, without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession, rapidly leads adolescents to become 29 intolerant of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way.

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

The impact of a basic discovery on human health can be exaggerated so that the public thinks a miraculous cure is a few months to years away when in reality the significance of the study is far more limited.

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

The reality is, taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Unfortunately, however, our education system has not caught up to the approaching reality.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

However, the 1995 pop song 'common people' puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may 'want to live like common people' they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In reality, it's the chair that does the important work.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

News of delayed reward will induce the reader to prepare for the reality while news of immediate reward will lead the reader to withdraw from the reality.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

One is related to what freud calls the pleasure principle, the other to what he calls the reality principle.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Serious readers will both get excited over what happens in some news stories and adapt themselves to the reality.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

Smartphones make it easier and more convenient to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

When a reader selects delayed reward news, he pulls himself into the world of surrounding reality to which he can adapt himself only by hard work.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

When he selects news of the other kind, he usually withdraws from the world of threatening reality toward the dream world.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

However， Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind， and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone， in reality we are continually faced with a question： “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that？ ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire， Allen concluded ： “ We do not attract what we want， but what we are.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

Calls to disassemble all telescopes on Mauna Kea or to ban future development there ignore the reality that astronomy and Hawaiian culture both seek to answer big questions about who we are, where we come from and where we are going.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The best uses of 3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

"Each year the physical presence rule becomes further removed from economic reality and results in significant revenue losses to the States," he wrote in an opinion joined by four other justices.

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operati

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It's a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there's much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.

2015年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The best uses of 3 D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

She refuses to face reality .

她不肯面对现实。

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You're out of touch with reality.

你脱离了现实。

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The reality is that there is not enough money to pay for this project.

实际情况是没有足够的钱花在这个项目上。

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the harsh realities of life

严峻的生活现实

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This decision reflects the realities of the political situation.

这一决定反映了政治形势的真实情况。

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Will time travel ever become a reality ?

时光旅行真的会成为现实吗？

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Outwardly she seemed confident but in reality she felt extremely nervous.

表面上看，她显得信心十足，而实际上她紧张得要命。

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Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred...

虚构和现实越来越难以区分了。

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Psychiatrists become too caught up in their theories to deal adequately with reality.

精神病专家太纠结于理论，无法很好地处理现实问题。

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...the harsh reality of top international competition...

高层次的国际竞争的严酷现实

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Other psychoanalysts do accept the reality of child sexual abuse.

其他心理分析师确实接受了儿童性侵犯的现实。

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...the whole procedure that made this book become a reality...

本书成书的整个过程

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The reality is that they are poor.

现状是他们很贫穷。

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He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.

他给人的印象是很适应都市生活，但实际上并非如此。

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My thinking always lags behind reality.

我的思想老落后于现实.

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He is in reality penniless.

其实他身无分文.

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She has to face the brutal reality.

她不得不去面对冷酷的现实.

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Many people who are disillusioned in reality assimilate life to a dream.

许多对现实失望的人把人生比作一场梦.

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His mind could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.

他的头脑已不再能分清幻觉和现实.

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This tension makes such unique transcendency the ultimate concern rooted in reality.

这种张力使信仰这种独特的超越成为一种人的植根于现实的终极关怀.

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If you want knowledge, you must take part in the practice of changing reality.

你要有知识, 你就得参加变革现实的实践.

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To some extent, it has something of conservatism complying with reality, and rejects idealism and transcendentalism.

它体现出与现实认同的保守主义倾向, 并拒斥理想主义和超验价值.

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He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.

他对现实认识很肤浅.

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The euro has moved from the realms of theory into reality.

欧元已由理论变成了现实.

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He shut his eyes to the severs reality.

对于这严峻的现实,他是闭着眼睛不肯看的.

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His ideas are out of line with reality.

他的想法不切实际.

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