actual英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

an actual, real one; notably:; something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones. countable,uncountable
an actual, real one; notably:; a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee. countable,uncountable

— Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.
Reality, usually with the definite article. uncountable

— There was that desolate air about the chamber which is peculiar to an ill-furnished London room: cities need luxuries, were it only to conceal the actual.

形容词 adj.

relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical not-comparable

— In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. not-comparable

— the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion
in action at the time being; now existing; current. not-comparable

— If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very. not-comparable

— [H]ow the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.

词形变化

actuals plural

词汇关系

近义词

positive

衍生词

actual bodily harm actual cash value actual cost actual flying time actualism actualist actualistic actuality actualization actualize actually actual malice actualness actual neurosis actual occasions actual parameter actual sin nonactual unactual

词源

词源 1

From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al.

词源 2

From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al.