1.如果這就是現(xiàn)實(shí)=If this is the reality.
2.例句:
(a)"the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" 他處境的現(xiàn)實(shí)
(b) "We live in different worlds (=realities的同義詞) 不同的現(xiàn)實(shí)
(c) "Fiction and reality were increasingly blurred."虛構(gòu)小說(shuō)與現(xiàn)實(shí)
(d) "the harsh reality of top international competition" 嚴(yán)酷的現(xiàn)實(shí)
3."the fact" 是=事實(shí):例句 (i) "your fears have no basis in fact"; (ii) "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
4.不過(guò) "in reality" 是 "in fact 的同義詞;通用.