actual
actual 英 [ˈæktʃuəl] 美 [ˈæktʃuəl]
adj. 真实的，实际的
名词复数:actuals
- If you describe something as actual, it really exists or is true. You might excitedly tell your friends that you saw an actual bald eagle land on your mailbox.
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- adj. 真实的，实际的
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1. What were his actual words?
他的原话是什么？
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2. The actual cost was higher than we expected.
实际成本比我们预计的要高。
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3. James looks younger than his wife but in actual fact he is five years older.
詹姆斯看起来比他妻子年轻，但实际上他还大了五岁。
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4. I need the actual figures, not an estimate.
我需要确切的数字，而不是估计。
- actual (adj.) early 14c., "pertaining to acts or an action;" late 14c. in the broader sense of "real, existing" (as opposed to potential, ideal, etc.); from Old French actuel "now existing, up to date" (13c.), from Late Latin actualis "active, pertaining to action," adjectival form of Latin actus "a doing" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move").
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