actual
美音:
[´æktʃəwəl
]英音:
[´æktʃəwəl
]adj.实际的,真实的,现行的,目前的
难易程度:
actual为高中词汇
词频:1414
词形变化:
副词:actually
词根
act=to act(行动)
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actual
/'æktʃʊəl; `æktʃuəl/
adj existing in fact; real 实在的; 真实的; 实际的; 确实的
*What were his actual words? 他到底是怎么说的?
* The actual cost was much higher than we had expected. 实际成本比我们预料的高得多.
* He looks younger than his wife, but in actual fact he's a lot older. 他看上去比他妻子年轻, 可是实际上他大得多. =>Usage at new 用法见new.
actual
adj [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: actuel, from Late Latin actualis, from Latin actus; ACT1]
used to emphasize that something is real or exact
I'm not joking. Those were his actual words.
I know Germany won, but I can't tell you the actual score.
Interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed.
In actual fact (=really) , there is little evidence to support the allegations.
the actual sth
used to introduce the most important part of an event or activity
The programme starts at 8.00 but the actual film doesn't start until 8.30.
HINT sense 1
Do not use actual to mean 'at the present time'. Use current or presentthe current (NOT actual) economic policy.
1. What were his actual words? 他到底是怎麽说的?
2. While white people had previously been used as models for most American coins, famed artist James Earle Fraser went against tradition by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation. 此前一直是白人被用作美国硬币上的模特,而著名的艺术家詹姆斯·厄尔·弗雷泽却反传统而行之,起用了三名真正的美洲印第安人作为自己创作的原型。
3. The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel. 这座雕像的主体是用铜制成的,由艾菲尔特制的金属框架支撑着。
4. The actual patterns of spreading of the AIDS virus change from culture to culture. 艾滋病的实际传播方式又因文化的差异而有所不同。
5. And days do not fit evenly into years, since the actual journey of the earth round the sun takes 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds. 而且天数也无法平均地分配到年中,因为地球绕太阳转一圈的实际航程需要花费365天5小时49分46秒。
6. Margaret Rudland, head teacher in Hammersmith, also thinks children must experience actual peer relations. 哈默史密斯学校校长玛格丽特·拉德兰德也认为孩子们必须与同龄人交往。
7. In this example, the conscious mind at the moment of creation knew nothing of the actual processes by which the solution was found. 在这个事例中,意识在创造的时候对发现答案的实际过程一无所知。
8. In a democracy we don't usually pass laws against something before there is actual or probable evidence of harm. 在民主社会里,除非有证据证明某件事确实或可能产生危害,否则我们通常不会立法禁止它。
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