actuality
英 [æktjʊ'ælɪtɪ; -tʃʊ-]
美 [,æktʃu'æləti]
英語の語源
- actuality (n.)
- late 14c., "power, efficacy," from Old French actualite and directly from Medieval Latin actualitatem (nominative actualitas), from Late Latin actualis (see actual). A Latin loan-translation of Greek energeia. Meaning "state of being real" is from 1670s (actualities "existing conditions" is from 1660s).
Mod. use of actuality in the sense of realism, contact with the contemporary, is due to Fr. actualité, from actuel, which does not mean actual, real, but now existing, up to date. [Weekley]
例文
- 1. It exists in dreams rather than actuality .
- 現実ではなく夢の中に存在します。
- 2.The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs.
- このビルは写真で見たものと同じように外観が雄大である。
- 3.This "big company "in actuality is only a small shop.
- この「大企業」は実際には小さな店にすぎない。
- 4.A trip to the moon is now an actuality .
- 月面着陸旅行が事実となっている。
- 5.The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in photographs.
- このビルは写真で見たものと同じように外観が雄大である。
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