actual existence, typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed
现状(尤与曾打算、预期或相信的相对)
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the building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines. 这建筑物看上去和在杂志上一样让人印象深刻。
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现状,事实
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the grim actualities of prison life. 监狱生活的严酷事实。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French