Real 暗指某事物是真實的或貨真價實的,或指看上去或宣稱與事實吻合的東西：
Don't lose the bracelet;it's made of real gold.
別把手鐲丟了；那是真金做的.
My mother showed real sympathy for my predicament.
媽媽對我所處的困難表示出真正的同情.
“The general,in a well-feigned or real ecstasy,embraced him” (William Hickling Prescott).
“那位將軍,要么就是裝得天衣無縫,要么確實是欣喜若狂地擁抱了他” （威廉姆·希克林·普雷斯科特）.
True 暗指與事實、現(xiàn)實或事物的真實狀態(tài)相一致：
“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true” (Bertrand Russell).
“如果一個陳述沒有任何理由說明它是真實的話,讓人很難心甘情愿地相信它” （伯特蘭德·羅素）.