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词汇 actually
释义 actually
adverb
uk /ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li/ us /ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li/

actuallyadverb (IN FACT)


A2
in fact or really: 实际上;事实上;的确
I didn't actually see her - I just heard her voice.实际上我并没有看见她,只是听到了她的声音。
So what actually happened?那么到底发生了什么事呢?
There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk.到底是谁作报告好像不是很清楚。
I didn't actually want any more dessert, but Julia forced it on me .
I looked through the window, but I didn't actually go in.我透过窗户往里面看了看,但是并没有进去。
They suspected that she'd killed him but they could never actually prove that it was her.他们怀疑她杀了他,但他们从来未能确切证明是她干的。
It's unclear what actually happened that night.那天晚上到底发生了什么尚不清楚。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

True, real, false, and unreal
actual
actuality
all that glitters is not goldidiom
alternate reality
alternative reality
false flag
falsely
fantastical
fever dream
fictional
not so muchidiom
nothing could be further from the truthidiom
nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
parallel universe
post-factual
unreal
untrue
untruly
unverifiable
urban myth

actuallyadverb (SURPRISE)


B1
used in sentences in which there is information that is in some way surprising or the opposite of what most people would expect: (表示意外或与通常预期的相反)居然,竟然
I didn't like him at first, but in the end I actually got quite fond of him.起初我对他并没有好感,可最后我竟然挺喜欢他的。
I'm one of the few people who doesn't actually like champagne.有个别人还真是不喜欢香槟酒,我就是其中之一。
humorousDon't tell me he actually paid for you!别跟我说他居然替你付了钱!
It really gets me the way we're expectedhe expects us to actually laugh at his pathetic jokes!
You actually like modern jazz, do you? Each to their own.你竟然喜欢现代爵士乐,真的?真是各有所好。
I didn't actually want any more dessert, but Julia forced it on me.
Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.彼得看上去可能有点凶,可他是不会伤人的。
She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible.她好像真的很喜欢那个男的,这让我觉得难以置信。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressions of surprise
accha
achha
ay
begorrah
bejabbers
blow
fancy
glory
heaven
hell's bells
hold onidiom
how about that?idiom
I ask you!idiom
I can't evenidiom
sagebrush
sheesh
shit
shock, horror!idiom
shut
shut the front door!idiom

actuallyadverb (SAYING NO)


B2
used as a way of making a sentence slightly more polite, for example when you are expressing an opposing opinion, correcting what someone else has said, or refusing an offer: (用于礼貌地表示反对、纠正他人或拒绝他人提议等)其实,说实话,实际上
"Alexander looks like he'd be good at sports." "Actually, he's not."“亚历山大看上去很擅长运动。”“事实并非如此。”
Actually, Gavin, it was Tuesday of last week, not Wednesday.实际上呢,加文,那是上星期二,不是星期三。
"Do you mind if I smoke?" "Well, actually, I'd rather you didn't."“我抽支烟你介意吗?”“嗯,说实话,我希望你还是别抽。”
I wouldn't mind something to eat, actually.
I'd like a cup of coffee, please - actually, on second thoughts, I'll have a beer.
"Did your American friends enjoy their stay?" "Yes. Actually, they're Canadian."
"Mark's coming today to look at the books." "Actually, it's tomorrow."
"You must be exhausted after that long journey." "Actually, I feel fine."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Polite expressions
allow
be so good as tophrase
by all meansidiom
chance
cordially
could
disrespect
may I askidiom
might
might I ask/inquire/knowidiom
no problemidiom
obliged
offence
pardon
pardon (me)idiom
problem
say
welcome
would
you're welcomeidiom

Grammar



Actual and actually
Actual is an adjective meaning ‘true’, ‘real’ and ‘the thing in itself’. It does not refer to time. Actual always comes immediately before the noun it is describing: …

Actual
Actual is an adjective meaning ‘true’, ‘real’ and ‘the thing in itself’. It does not refer to time. Actual always comes immediately before the noun it is describing: …

Actually as a discourse marker
Actually is often used in speaking as a discourse marker. We use it to indicate a new topic of conversation or a change or contrast in what is being talked about. We also use actually to give more detail about a topic. We do not use it to refer to time: …

Actually as contrast
We can use actually to emphasise a contrast with what is expected to be true or real: …

Actual and actually: typical errors
In some languages actual has the meaning of ‘current’ and ‘at the present time’. This is not correct in English: …

Idiom


do you/did you/does he, etc. actually?

actually | American Dictionary


actually
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈæk·tʃu·ə·li/
used to say that something is true, esp. when the true situation may not be known:
We actually had a hard time moving the sofa.
Actually is often used when you want to emphasize that something is surprising or unusual:
He actually expected me to pay for his dinner.

Examples of actually


actually
Very few of these studies actually address the distinction between planning and control.
Actually nothing out of the ordinary for pediatric newborn intensive care was employed in this case.
It actually turns out that urban real wage is reduced by less than 1 per cent.
One possibility is that motor representations may actually play a role in perceptual processing.
This apparent discrepancy actually makes sense under the view that both experiments capture opposite sides of children's understanding of indirect requests.
Obviously, by competing in parliamentary elections, parties compete for office, but this does not mean that their goal is actually to attain office.
Actually, they appear to the electorate as responsible parties contributing to the governance of the country.
Daily productivity is actually low due to low radiation levels and a cool growing season.
To determine whether children actually produced ' happen ' more often in negative than positive contexts, the order of occurrence of surrounding utterances within episodes was examined.
Technical regulation and enforcement may have actually declined in effectiveness until recent reforms were implemented.
How might a lowland farm actually respond to the technical change?
The other way is to actually perform the symbolic evaluation.
Regardless of how they actually speak, then, these students are perceived as speaking "worse" than other students.
This account might receive further support if the verbs actually attested with habitual do tended to have action nouns based on them.
If a befriender feels that they are actually friends with the client, they may undertake caring tasks which are beyond the scheme's guidelines.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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