喜樂美語

核心畫面

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「…更多收起可以把 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」。

From the picture

指向正戲、主要的那一段

同一根「指著本尊」的手指，這次越過周邊枝節，指向一件事最主要的那一段：不是前奏、不是布置，而是正戲本身。

main part of an event · adjective · B2

Used before a noun to point to the main or most important part of an event, as opposed to the parts around it.

正式的 / 主要的

Also in this word

real, exact · adjective · B2

Used before a noun to stress that you mean the real or exact thing, not a guess or a copy.

實際的 / 真正的

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。