in (actual) fact

a) IN FACTused when you are adding something, especially something surprising, to emphasize what you have just said 事实上〔用于补充说明，强调前面所说的话〕

I know the mayor really well. In fact, I had dinner with her last week.

我跟市长很熟，事实上，我上周还和她一起吃过饭呢。

b) IN FACTused to emphasize that the truth about a situation is the opposite of what has been mentioned 事实上，实际上〔用于强调实际情况与刚提及的恰恰相反〕

They told me it would be cheap but in fact it cost me nearly $500.

他们对我说便宜，但实际上这花了我将近500美元。

Her teachers said she was a slow learner, whereas in actual fact she was partially deaf.

老师都说她学得慢，而其实她部分失聪。

Examples from the Corpus

in (actual) fact• Miss Ashley had in fact, except as regards changing her birth certificate, overcome all these obstacles to acceptance.• For that very denial had, in fact, given me far more.• Development time is, in fact, he says, cut from years to months.• He did not in fact inherit the title until 1705, but a love of hunting he certainly did.• In other respects they are rather mysterious - more so in fact than seems to have been widely realized.• I never did that in fact ... I went into filming, straight away.• The result was a wonderful success for Wren, for the garden planners and for Carteron himself-a triumph, in fact.• When the smell was pure oak, I remembered childhood woods; in fact one particular place in one particular wood.

→ in (actual) fact at fact(2)

词汇	in (actual) fact
释义	in (actual) fact in (actual) fact a) IN FACTused when you are adding something, especially something surprising, to emphasize what you have just said 事实上〔用于补充说明，强调前面所说的话〕 I know the mayor really well. In fact, I had dinner with her last week. 我跟市长很熟，事实上，我上周还和她一起吃过饭呢。 b) IN FACTused to emphasize that the truth about a situation is the opposite of what has been mentioned 事实上，实际上〔用于强调实际情况与刚提及的恰恰相反〕 They told me it would be cheap but in fact it cost me nearly $500. 他们对我说便宜，但实际上这花了我将近500美元。 Her teachers said she was a slow learner, whereas in actual fact she was partially deaf. 老师都说她学得慢，而其实她部分失聪。 Examples from the Corpus in (actual) fact• Miss Ashley had in fact, except as regards changing her birth certificate, overcome all these obstacles to acceptance.• For that very denial had, in fact, given me far more.• Development time is, in fact, he says, cut from years to months.• He did not in fact inherit the title until 1705, but a love of hunting he certainly did.• In other respects they are rather mysterious - more so in fact than seems to have been widely realized.• I never did that in fact ... I went into filming, straight away.• The result was a wonderful success for Wren, for the garden planners and for Carteron himself-a triumph, in fact.• When the smell was pure oak, I remembered childhood woods; in fact one particular place in one particular wood. → in (actual) fact at fact(2)
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