reality

noun

1. 现实；实际情况
   the true situation and the problems that actually exist in life, in contrast to how you would like life to be
   1. She refuses to face reality .
      她不肯面对现实。
   2. You're out of touch with reality.
      你脱离了现实。
   3. 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。
2. 事实；实际经历；见到的事物
   a thing that is actually experienced or seen, in contrast to what people might imagine
   1. the harsh realities of life
      严峻的生活现实
   2. 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。
   3. Will time travel ever become a reality ?
      时光旅行真的会成为现实吗？

1. See also: Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred... Psychiatrists become too caught up in their theories to deal adequately with reality. virtual reality
2. N-COUNT （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.
   1. ...the harsh reality of top international competition...
      高层次的国际竞争的严酷现实
   2. 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。
3. N-SING 现实存在;真实发生的事
   You say that something has become a reality when it actually exists or is actually happening.
   1. ...the whole procedure that made this book become a reality...
      本书成书的整个过程
   2. The reality is that they are poor.
      现状是他们很贫穷。
4. PHRASE 事实上；实际上
   You can use in reality to introduce a statement about the real nature of something, when it contrasts with something incorrect that has just been described.
   1. 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。

1. This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
   这一装置有助于使虚拟现实成为更可用、更便利的技术。
2. Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development
   杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词，并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。
3. Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint
   不幸的是，公众把小说和现实混为一谈，把她当成了圣徒。
4. It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.
   分清楚神话和现实是不可能的。
5. I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest
   我认为说他们是受自身利益的驱使是对事实的严重歪曲。
6. This just shows how divorced from reality she's become.
   这恰恰说明了她变得多么不切实际。
7. His ideas were encapsulated in a book called 'Democratic Ideals and Reality'.
   他的观点已经被概括进一本名为《民主理想和现实》的书中。
8. The fundamental problem lies in their inability to distinguish between reality and invention
   最根本的问题在于他们无法分清现实和虚构。
9. Did the reality of war finally hit home?
   人们终于认清战争的现实了吗？
10. Their wealth had insulated them from reality.
    财富将他们与现实隔离。
11. This juxtaposition of brutal reality and lyrical beauty runs through Park's stories.
    这种残忍的现实和浪漫美好事物的并存始终贯穿于帕克的短篇小说中。
12. We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.
    我们在学习如何直面死亡，而非回避死亡这一现实。
13. The story is a magical mix of fantasy and reality
    这个故事是幻想与现实的奇妙结合。
14. A perusal of the letters which we have published has satisfied him of the reality of our claim.
    读了我们的公开信后，他终于相信我们的要求的确是真的。
15. Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred
    虚构和现实越来越难以区分了。
16. 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。
17. The reality is that they are poor.
    现状是他们很贫穷。
18. 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。
19. This theory bears no relation to reality.
    这个理论和现实没什么联系。
20. He set out to square his dreams with reality.
    他开始让自己的梦想接近现实。
21. He soon turned his dreams to reality.
    他不久便梦想成真了。
22. Unfettered by the bounds of reality, my imagination flourished.
    跳出现实的束缚，我的想象力天马行空。
23. This idealistic concept is at variance with reality.
    这种理想主义的观念和现实相矛盾。
24. One day virtual reality will revolutionize the entertainment industry.
    有一天虚拟现实将使娱乐业发生革命性的变化。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. An organization responsible for this cause has been set up, but still more in name than reality.
    负责处理这事的机构是成立起来了，但仍名不副实。
28. It created an illusion reality.
    这造成了一种宛如真实的梦幻。
29. My thinking always lags behind reality.
    我的思想老落后于现实。

  reality truth【导航词义：事实】

  reality n. 事实，现实

〔辨析〕指实际存在、并非想象的情况或问题。

  truth n. 事实，真相

〔辨析〕指某事的真实情况。

n.

in reality

• 实际上；事实上
  used to say that a situation is different from what has just been said or from what people believe
  1. 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。

noun

1. the quality possessed by something that is real

2. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
   1. his world was shattered
   2. we live in different worlds
   3. for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were

   Synonym:    world

3. the state of being actual or real
   1. the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him

   Synonym:    realnessrealism

4. the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
   1. businessmen have to face harsh realities