1. 实际上,事实上:in effect 事实上, 实际上 | in fact 其实, 实际上 | in reality 实际上, 事实上
2. 事实上:in other words 换句话说 | in reality 事实上 | in response to 响应
3. 事实上;实际上:for the sake of 由于;为了......的利益 | in reality 事实上;实际上 | individual adj.单独的;个别的 n.个人
4. 实际上:in real earnest 认真地 | in reality 实际上 | in reason 明智
adv
1. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated
surprisingly
e.g. you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out
she actually spoke Latin
they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets
people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous
Synonym: actually