in fact

1. This is a common fallacy which has no basis in fact.
   这是一个没有事实依据的常见谬误。
2. Some would argue this was no burden in fact, and that she should count her blessings.
   有些人可能会说这事实上算不上什么负担，她应该想想自己有多幸运。
3. Her parents were in fact American by birth.
   她的父母在血统上其实是美国人。
4. What we'll see in the future is, in fact, a continuation of that trend.
   事实上，将来我们看到的是那种趋势的延续。
5. You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties
   你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。
6. In fact, the first group were absolutely correct in their estimation of this man's height.
   事实上，第一组人对这名男子身高的估计完全正确。
7. We've had a pretty bad time while you were away. In fact, we very nearly split up this time
   你不在的时候我们相处得很不愉快，确切地说这次我们差点就分手了。
8. John Major didn't go to university. In fact he left school at 16.
   约翰·梅杰没有上过大学，说白了，他16岁便辍学了。
9. That sounds rather simple, but in fact it's very difficult
   那听来简单，但实际上很难。
10. They complained that they had been trapped inside the police station, but in fact most were seen escaping over the adjacent roofs to safety in nearby buildings
    他们抱怨说被困在了警察局里，但实际上，有人看见他们大多数人通过毗邻的屋顶，安全地逃到了附近的建筑物内。
11. What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work
    他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
12. Most people in fact got full marks in one question and zero in the other.
    实际上多数人一个问题得了满分，另一个问题却得了零分。
13. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly
    这两种蘑菇看起来似乎都无害，实际上却是致命的。
14. You weren't to know — in fact, I think I'm the only person who does know.
    你不会知道——实际上，我想我是唯一真正知道的人。
15. In fact, the entire novel is a long meditation on childbearing and mortality
    实际上，整部小说就是一部关于生儿育女与道德伦理的长篇沉思录。
16. I don't like your tone young woman, in fact I find it highly objectionable
    小姑娘，我不喜欢你说话的口气，实际上我觉得这让人非常不快。
17. In fact everything he does is opposite to what is considered normal behaviour.
    事实上，他的一切作为都和人们所认为的正常举动大相径庭。
18. In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
    事实上，人们有些过于恐慌。如地图所示，干旱仅限于英国的南部和东部地区。
19. House-hunting is in fact relatively painless in this region
    在这个地区找房子事实上相对比较容易。
20. In fact, those people have been promoted.
    事实上，那些人已经升职了。
21. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here.
    事实上，石油公司已经在离此不远处进行勘探。
22. The children are not unintelligent — in fact, they seem quite normal in this respect
    这些孩子并非愚钝——事实上，在这个方面他们似乎很正常。
23. The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets
    事实上，这个党派的残余分子确实仍然拥有可观的资产。
24. In fact, things could get worse in the short run.
    事实上，事情在短期内可能会变得更加糟糕。
25. Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press.
    实际上女性在新闻界仍然没有受到公平对待。
26. He has not finished his drama, in fact, he has not started on it.
    他还没有完成自己的剧本，实际上，他还没开始动手写。
27. Our unconventional behaviour did in fact shock some of our more straitlaced friends.
    我们这一不合常规的行为实际上着实让我们的一些一本正经的朋友吓了一大跳。
28. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
    肺实际上由上千条细微的气管构成。
29. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
    辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

adv

1. in reality or actuality
   1. in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived
   2. painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated
   3. as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father

   Synonym:    in point of factas a matter of fact