actual
英 ['?kt???l; -tj??l]
美['?kt?u?l]
- adj. 真實的，實際的；現行的，目前的
英英釋意
- 1. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible;
- "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"
- "actual and imagined conditions"
- 2. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated;
- "we saw the actual wedding on television"
- "filmed the actual beating"
- 3. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;
- "her actual motive"
- "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton
- "a genuine dilemma"
- 4. of the nature of fact; having actual existence;
- "rocks and trees...the actual world"
- "actual heroism"
- "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
- 5. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;
- "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"
- "a de facto state of war"
- 6. being or existing at the present moment;
- "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
