搞笑词典 | Reality Challenged

reality challenged

现实挑战

Being in a state in which one is utterly and completely unable to distinguish fact from fiction, and is thus obviously and undeniably full of shit.

无法区分现实与幻想,生活一团糟

01 reality  /riˈæl.ə.t̬i/

现实;实际情况

the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be

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The reality of the situation is that unless we find some new funding soon, the youth centre will have to close.

现实情况是,如果我们不能马上再筹到一些资金,青少年中心就得关门。

He escaped from reality by going to the cinema every afternoon.

他每天下午都去电影院看电影,借此来逃避现实。


02 distinguish  /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

区分,分辨;使有所区别

to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another

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He's colour-blind and can't distinguish (the difference) between red and green easily.

他是色盲,很难分清红色和绿色(的不同)。

I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese.

我有时很难分清西班牙语和葡萄牙语。


03 fiction  /ˈfɪk.ʃən/

小说

the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts

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The book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account.

这本书是一部小说作品而并非史实陈述。

a writer of children's fiction

儿童小说作家


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