n.(名词)

1. 事实
2. 真实
3. 逼真
4. 现实
5. 实际存在的事物
6. 【哲】实在
7. 本体
8. 【哲】现实
9. 实体
10. 现实性
11. 现实情况
12. 现实面貌
13. 现实生活
14. 实际经历
15. 见到的事物

n.(名词)

1. [U]现实,实际 everything that is real
2. [C]真实的事物 sth real

Noun:

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

1.现实;事实
You usereality to refer to real things or the real nature of things rather than imagined, invented, or theoretical ideas.

e.g. Fiction andreality were increasingly blurred...
虚构和现实越来越难以区分了。
e.g. Psychiatrists become too caught up in their theories to deal adequately withreality.
精神病专家太纠结于理论，无法很好地处理现实问题。

2.（尤指不愉快的或困难的）真实情况，实际情形
The reality of a situation is the truth about it, especially when it is unpleasant or difficult to deal with.

e.g. ...the harshreality of top international competition...
高层次的国际竞争的严酷现实
e.g. Other psychoanalysts do accept thereality of child sexual abuse.
其他心理分析师确实接受了儿童性侵犯的现实。

3.现实存在;真实发生的事
You say that something has become areality when it actually exists or is actually happening.

e.g. ...the whole procedure that made this book become areality...
本书成书的整个过程
e.g. Thereality is that they are poor.
现状是他们很贫穷。

4.事实上；实际上
You can usein reality to introduce a statement about the real nature of something, when it contrasts with something incorrect that has just been described.

e.g. He came across as streetwise, but inreality 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。

1. reality的近义词

1. 现实性：好的语言测试一般应具备五个原则:即,有效性(validity)、可靠性(reliability)、区分性(discrimination)、现实性(reality)和教育性,即良好的反拨作用(backwash effect).

1. This is not imagination but reality.
   这不是想象,而是现实。
2. The film showed life in the poor areas with great reality.
   这部影片非常逼真地展现了贫困地区的生活。
3. He became that country's ruler both in name and in reality.
   他成了该国名义上和事实上的统治者。
4. We thought he was serious but in reality he was joking.
   我们以为他是认真的,但实际上他是在开玩笑。

• His energy had withdrawn into imaginary worlds and he had none to waste on reality.

  出自：A. Gray

He describes the scene with startling reality.

他对那景象的描述逼真得令人惊讶。

I try to convince him of the reality of the danger.

我试图使他相信危险的确存在。

His plans were transformed overnight into reality.

他的计划迅速变为现实。

This is the just the bitter reality of wars in Iraq.

这就是伊拉克战争的惨痛现实。

Mr Green is a professor in name but not in reality.

格林先生是徒有虚名的教授。

It seems as if he knew everything, but in reality, he is as stupid as can be.

他似乎是个万事通,其实他是再愚蠢不过了。

She refuses to face reality .

她不肯面对现实。

You e out of touch with reality.

你脱离了现实。

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。

the harsh realities of life

严峻的生活现实

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。

Will time travel ever become a reality ?

时光旅行真的会成为现实吗？

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。

Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred...

虚构和现实越来越难以区分了。

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。

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

高层次的国际竞争的严酷现实

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。

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

本书成书的整个过程

The reality is that they are poor.

现状是他们很贫穷。

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。

My thinking always lags behind reality.

我的思想老落后于现实.

He is in reality penniless.

其实他身无分文.

She has to face the brutal reality.

她不得不去面对冷酷的现实.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.

他对现实认识很肤浅.

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

欧元已由理论变成了现实.

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.

His ideas are out of line with reality.

他的想法不切实际.

• ☆ 1550年进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的realitatem；最初源自古典拉丁语的realis，意为真正的质量。