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actually

A 开头单词四级词汇专八核心词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['æktjʊəlɪ; -tʃʊ-]
  • 美式音标 [ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adv.实际上；事实上；竟然（表示惊讶）

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    actual：真实的，实际的；现行的，目前的。
  • n性质的同根词
    actualization：实现；现实化。
    actuality：现状；现实；事实。
  • vi性质的同根词
    actualise：成为现实；发挥出潜力（等于actualize）。
  • vt性质的同根词
    actualize：实施，实行；实现。
    actualise：实行；使成现实；发挥出…的潜力。

用法辨析

  • actually有时意为"说来奇怪，但竟然这样。I actually saw him yesterday. 说来奇怪，我昨天竟然看见了他。
  • actually意为“真正地，事实上”，actual则是“真的，实际的”，他们可以被用来改错或者是解开误解。The book says she died aged 47，but her actual age was 43。 ‘Hello,John.Nice to meet you.’‘Actually,my name's Andy.’
  • 他们也可以用actual来把事情表达得更清楚，精确，或者是提供意想不到的信息。I've got a new job.Actually,they've made me sales manager.
  • actual与actually有时会被错误使用，与present, current,now等词的意思混淆。注意actual没有“当前的，现在的”等义。In 1900 the population of London was higher than its now. （NOT...than actually is）
  • 英国人通常使用actually将坏消息断开来讲，‘How did you get on with my car?' ‘Well,actually,I'm terribly sorry,I'm afraid I had a crash.’

英汉例句

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • What did she actually say?
    她到底是怎么说的？
  • For the first week he never actually saw the fabled Jack.
    第一周他实际上从没见到传说中的杰克。

词组短语

    短语

  • actually ad 竟然;实际上;现实上;竟至
  • actually both 其实都;其实这两
  • actually played 真正进行了的
  • actually recognized 必须一种现实且公认的
  • bathe actually 实际地洗澡

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (IN FACT) in fact or really
  • (SURPRISE) used in sentences in which there is information that is in some way surprising or the opposite of what most people would expect
  • (SAYING NO) used as a way of making a sentence slightly more polite, for example when you are expressing an opposing opinion, correcting what someone else has said, or refusing an offer

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You use actually to indicate that a situation exists or happened, or to emphasize that it is true.
  • You use actually when you are correcting or contradicting someone.
  • You can use actually when you are politely expressing an opinion that other people might not have expected from you.
  • You use actually to introduce a new topic into a conversation.