【actually音标】 英[ˈæktʃuəli] 美[ˈæktʃuəli]
【单词释义】 actually是什么意思：
adv.(在口语中用于强调事实)的确，真实地，事实上;(表示想法与事实不一致因而惊奇)居然，竟然;(礼貌地纠正他人)实际上
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
【actually形近词/近似词】
eventually adv.终于，最后
virtually adv.实际上，实质上，事实上
habitually adj. 习惯地；日常地；经常地
mutually adv. 相互地，共同地
【单词例句】
◇ But actually, these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary.
但是实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ Parts of Western Europe have reached a "standstill," particularly due to a failure to get women to stop smoking, African men are lagging, and tobacco use in the Middle East is actually set to increase, the WHO said.
部分西欧地区进入“停滞期”，部分原因是没能让女性戒烟。非洲男性也拖了后腿，中东地区的烟草使用其实在增加。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ "Provided the music has a calm, regular beat, it can actually help us to stay calm, reducing our stress, slowing our heart rate, and moderating our pulse," says Dr. Spelman. "This makes it easier for us to focus on the task at hand rather than entering into 'flight or fight' mode, in which it can be very difficult to think clearly because of our elevated levels of adrenaline and cortisol."
斯佩尔曼博士表示：“如果背景音乐的节拍比较平静、有规律，它实际上可以帮助我们保持平静，减轻我们的压力，减缓我们的心跳，调节我们的脉搏。这使我们更容易专注于手头的任务，而不是进入‘逃跑或战斗’模式，在这种模式下，由于肾上腺素和皮质醇水平升高，我们会很难清晰地思考问题。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ In new study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters, experts found that simply washing your fruits and vegetables in the sink "cannot wholly remove pesticides" because they can actually "penetrate the peel layer into the pulp layer."
发表在美国化学学会期刊《纳米快报》上的一项新研究中，专家们指出，仅仅在水槽里清洗水果和蔬菜“不能完全去除农药”，因为农药实际上可以“穿透果皮层进入果肉层”。
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ According to Dictionary.com, fall isn't a modern nickname that followed the more traditional autumn. The two terms are actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each other.
根据词典网站Dictionary.com，fall并不是秋天的传统说法autumn的现代别称。这两个说法最早的记录相距时间不到几百年。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) says that, in general, "you should avoid putting things in your ears," including cotton swabs. Using a swab to clean the ear can actually be counterproductive and push earwax back into the ear. What's more, cotton swabs or other tools may cause irritation or even injury to the ear, such as a punctured eardrum or ear infection, according to AAO-HNSF.
美国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科学会说，一般而言，“应该避免把一些东西弄到耳朵里”，包括棉签。用棉签清洁耳朵实际上可能事与愿违，并把耳垢推回到耳朵里。此外，棉签和其他工具可能对耳朵造成刺激、甚至损伤，例如耳膜穿孔或耳部感染。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ While you might be tempted to reach for a cold drink to help cool you down in such hot weather, surprisingly hot drinks such as teas and coffees may actually be more effective.
在这样的大热天，你也许很想喝杯冷饮来凉快一下，但令人惊讶的是，茶和咖啡等热饮可能对解暑更有效。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ Second biggest myth, snow isn’t white. It’s actually colorless. Snow is made up of ice particles, and ice is translucent, which means that light does not pass through it easily, but rather it gets reflected.
这是第二大误区，但其实雪不是白色的，而是无色的。雪是由冰晶分子组成的，而冰是半透明的，也就是说光线不能很轻易地穿透它，而会被其反射。
---- 3 biggest snow myths that will surprise you
◇ As a result, we have a deeper connection to red than any other color on the spectrum and we react to it in certain ways that actually play to fast food companies' advantage.
因此，相较于其他颜色，人类和红色有着更深层的联系，而我们对红色的反应恰好能够被快餐公司利用。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ "I actually found that day really hard. I ran myself ragged," laughs Taylor, who is a solo mother. "I hadn't yet programmed that routine into my life. I thought: I don't know when the next one of these is coming, I better get everything done. I don't think I did it well, but heck it was a productive day!"
身为单身母亲的泰勒大笑着说：“事实上，我觉得第三天很难熬。我把自己累坏了。我还没有将这种长周末纳入常规生活。我在想，不知道下一个长周末会是什么时候，所以我最好把一切事情都干完。我觉得自己干得不够好，但这一天还真是非常高效！”