3N-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. (尤指不愉快的或困难的)真实情况,实际情形
...the harsh reality of top international competition. [+ of]
高层次的国际竞争的严酷现实
Other psychoanalysts do accept the reality of child sexual abuse.
4N-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. 现实存在;真实发生的事
...the whole procedure that made this book become a reality.
本书成书的整个过程
The reality is that they are poor.
现状是他们很贫穷。
5PHRASE 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. 事实上;实际上
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.