reality

名词 n.
/ɹiːˈælɪti/    /ɹiˈæləti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being actual or real; realness. uncountable,usually
    — The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
  2. The real world. uncountable,usually
    — A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
  3. A real entity, event, or other fact. uncountable,usually
    — The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
  4. The entirety of all that is real. uncountable,usually
    — Across the entire Universe. Never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. This is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The DESTRUCTION! Of REALITY! ITSELF!
  5. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real. uncountable,usually
  6. Loyalty; devotion. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — To express our reality to the emperor.
  7. Realty; real estate. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  8. Reality television. attributive,uncountable,usually
    — a foray into reality programming

词形变化

realities plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin reālis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Medieval Latin reālitāslbor.
French réalitéder.
English reality
From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.
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