actuality

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of existing; existence. countable,uncountable
  2. An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact. countable,uncountable
    — "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well."
  3. Live reporting on current affairs. countable,uncountable
    — A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
  4. A short early motion picture. countable,historical,uncountable
    — By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.

词形变化

actualities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
in actuality nonactuality

词源

From actual + -ity.
* (television): Influenced by French actualité.
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