actuality
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ac·tu·al·i·ty /ˌæktʃuˈæləti/ noun (plural actualities) formal 1 [countable usually plural]IN FACT facts, rather than things that people believe or imagine 事实，真实情况，实际情况 SYN realities the grim actualities of prison life 监狱生活的严酷现实2 REAL/NOT IMAGINARY[uncountable] the state of being real or really existing 真实，实际 In actuality, it’s much more complex than that (=used when talking about what a situation is really like). 实际情况比那要复杂得多。
Examples from the Corpus
actuality• Jane thinks that they will probably marry in actuality but that he can not love the vain, shallow woman.• I lived it twice now, once in anticipation, once in actuality.• It all seemed a thousand miles from the nearest town, though in actuality it might be only five or six.• In actuality, cheese making is preservation of a food by dehydration.• You should not confuse the 33 illusion of motion with its actuality.• Her view must in consequence be truer than his to the actualities of her time.ac·tu·al·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
than rather believe things people Corpus facts, that
actuality
ac‧tu‧al‧i‧ty /ˌæktʃuˈæləti, ˌæktʃuˈælɪti/
noun (plural actualities) formal
1. [countable usually plural] facts, rather than things that people believe or imagine
SYN realities:
the grim actualities of prison life
2. [uncountable] the state of being real or really existing:
In actuality , it’s much more complex than that (=used when talking about what a situation is really like).
ac‧tu‧al‧i‧ty /ˌæktʃuˈæləti, ˌæktʃuˈælɪti/
noun (plural actualities) formal1. [countable usually plural] facts, rather than things that people believe or imagine
SYN realities:
2. [uncountable] the state of being real or really existing: