- [uncountable]
the state of something existing in reality 真实；实际 - [countable, usually plural]
things that exist 真实情况；现实情况；事实 the grim actualities of prison life 严酷的监狱生活现实
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘activity’): from Old French actualite or medieval Latin actualitas, from actualis ‘active, practical’, from actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte.