actually
英 [ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li]
美 [ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li]
将“actually”与“actual”相结合,想象“actually”是在强调“实际”的真实性。比如,某人说“I thought he was leaving but actually he isn't”,这里的“actually”强调了信息的真实性,与“actual”一词的意义相呼应。通过这种实际情境的联想,可以记忆“actually”这个词。
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- actually (adv.)
- early 15c., "in fact, in reality" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning "actively, vigorously" is from mid-15c.; that of "at this time, at present" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting "as a matter of fact, really, in truth" it is attested from 1762.
- 1. He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case.
- 他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。
- 2. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他们确实从楼上搬到了楼下,因为房租太贵了。
- 3. He will actually be serving three concurrent five-year sentences.
- 实际上,他将服3个5年徒刑,合并执行。
- 4. I actually knew her, but in overalls I passed unrecognised.
- 实际上我认识她,但是我身着工作服,与她擦身而过的时候却没被认出来。
- 5. "Actually, most of my tennis is at club level," he admitted.
- “说实话,我的网球基本上属于业余水平,”他承认说。