"the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different" "actual and imagined conditions"
"we saw the actual wedding on television" "filmed the actual beating"
"her actual motive" "a literal solitude like a desert" "a genuine dilemma"
"rocks and trees...the actual world" "actual heroism" "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
"the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
误 He looks young, but, in actual fact, he is over forty.
正 He looks young, but, in fact, he is over forty.
析 in fact本身就是“实际上”的意思,并不需要再加actual。
我们想更多地了解当前的危机,而非过去的经济问题。误 We'd like to know about the actual crisis, not the economic problems of the past.
正 We'd like to know about the present〔current〕 crisis, not the economic problems of the past.
析actual作“现实的”解时,强调的是“实”,而不是“现在”,如强调“现实”,特别是和past对比时,应该用present或current。
