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From the word’s history

From Middle English actual, Old French actual, from Late Latin actuālis 'active, practical', from actus, from agere 'to do'.

經古法文來自拉丁文 actuālis「實際的」，字根是 agere「做」。

Wiktionary

You can picture actual as a finger pointing firmly at the real, true thing itself — not a guess, not a copy, not the bits around it, but THIS one, for real. You put it in front of a noun to say 'I mean the genuine, exact thing.' The second use is the same finger, now pointing past the warm-up and side-parts straight at the main event itself.

可以把 actual 想成：一根手指穩穩地指著那個「真的、本尊」的東西——不是猜的、不是仿的、不是周邊的枝節，而是「就是這個，貨真價實」。把它擺在名詞前面，等於在強調「我講的是那個如假包換、確切的東西」。第二種用法是同一根手指，這次越過暖場和旁枝，直接指向「正戲本身」。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

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意思相反

estimatedimaginedsupposedguessed

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

actualadj/ˈækʃuəl/

  • 1

    lifestylereligiontheologyrelating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical

    • In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?
    • Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is […] by a special prayer or action, […] given to God.
  • 2

    Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.

    • the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion
    • The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget.
  • 3

    in action at the time being; now existing; current.

    • If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours.
    • To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation!
  • 4

    Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.

    • [H]ow the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.

actualnoun/ˈækʃuəl/

  • 1

    businessfinancean actual, real one; notably:

  • 2

    governmentmilitarypoliticsan actual, real one; notably:

    • Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.
  • 3

    Reality, usually with the definite article.

    • There was that desolate air about the chamber which is peculiar to an ill-furnished London room: cities need luxuries, were it only to conceal the actual.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。