actually
英 ['æktjʊəlɪ; -tʃʊ-]
美 ['æktʃuəli]
英語の語源
- actually (adv.)
- early 15c., "in fact, in reality" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning "actively, vigorously" is from mid-15c.; that of "at this time, at present" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting "as a matter of fact, really, in truth" it is attested from 1762.
例文
- 1. He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case.
- 彼は実際に看護師たちの状況がそうであることを信じていた。
- 2.They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent 's that expensive.
- 彼らは確かに階上から階下に引っ越した。家賃が高すぎるからだ。
- 3.He will actually be serving three concurrent five-year sentences.
- 実際には、懲役3年を服し、合併して執行する。
- 4.I actually knew her,but in overalls I passed unrecognised.
- 実は私は彼女を知っていますが、私は作業服を着ていて、彼女とすれ違ったときには認識されませんでした。
- 5. " Actually , most of my tennis is at club level," he admitted.
- 「正直に言って、私のテニスは基本的にアマチュアレベルです」と認めた。