realadjective | adverb 1 real / riEl ; rIEl /adjective 1.IMPORTANT 重要的, something that is real exists and is important确实存在并重要的:
•There is a real danger that the disease might spread.确实存在这种疾病可能会蔓延开来的危险。
•We need to tackle the real problems of unemployment and poverty.我们需要解决失业和贫穷这两个实际问题。
•There is no real reason to worry.没有什么确实的理由需要担心。
2.NOT ARTIFICIAL 非人造的, something that is real is actually what it seems to be and not false or artificial真的,真正的;ANTfake
•a coat made of real fur真品裘皮大衣
•She had never seen a real live elephant before.她以前从未见过活生生的大象。
•Artificial flowers can sometimes look better than the real thing .人造花有时比真花看起来更漂亮。
3.NOT IMAGINARY 非幻想, something that is real actually exists and is not just imagined实际存在的,非想象的:
•The children know that Santa Claus isn't a real person.孩子们知道圣诞老人不是真实的人物。
•Dreams can sometimes seem very real.梦境有时显得非常真实。
•Things don't happen quite that easily in real life .现实生活中不会总有这样的事情发生。
4.the real world used to talk about the difficult experience of living and working with other people, rather than being protected at home, at school, or at college现实世界:
•the shock of leaving university and going out into the real world离开大学走进现实世界所感受的震惊
5.TRUE 真的, only before nounactual and true, not invented真正的,真实的:
•That's not her real name.那不是她的真名。
•What was the real reason you quit your job?你辞职的真正原因是什么?
6.FEELINGS 情感, a real feeling or emotion is one that you actually experience and is strong真实的; 强烈的;SYNgenuine
•There was a look of real hatred in her eyes.她的眼里有一种极端仇恨的目光。
•I got a real sense of achievement when my work was first published.我的作品第一次发表时,我有一种强烈的成就感。
7.RIGHT QUALITIES 正确的品质, only before nouna real thing has all the qualities you expect something of that type to have真正的,名副其实的:
•I remember my first real job.我还记得我第一份真正的工作。
•Simon was her first real boyfriend.西蒙是她第一个真正的男朋友。
SPOKEN PHRASES
8.FOR EMPHASIS 用于强调 only before nounused to emphasize how stupid, beautiful, terrible etc someone or something is 十足的:
•Thanks – you've been a real help.谢谢 — 你真是帮了个大忙。
•The house was a real mess.房子真是一团糟。
9.for real seriously, not just pretending真正地,确实地,认真地:
•After two trial runs we did it for real.试行两次以后,我们真正地干了起来。
10.are you for real?AmEused when you are very surprised or shocked by what someone has done or said你是认真的?〔表示吃惊或震惊〕 11.get real! used to tell someone that they are being very silly or unreasonable别傻了!现实点! 12.keep it real to behave in an honest way and not pretend to be different from how you really are表现诚实,不虚伪 13.MONEY 钱, only before nouna real increase or decrease in an amount of money is one you calculate by including the general decrease in the value of money over a period of time〔钱的增减〕实际的〔已把货币贬值计算在内〕:
•a real increase of 6% in average wages平均工资 6% 的实际增长率
•The average value of salaries has fallen in real terms (=calculated in this way) .薪水的平均价值实际上减少了。