actuality

noun

1. the state of actually existing objectively

e.g. a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality

1. 真实地；实际上
You can use in actuality to emphasize that what you are saying is true, when it contradicts or contrasts with what you have previously said.

e.g. In actuality, Teddie did not have a disorder but merely a difficult temperament...
实际上，小特迪并非哪不正常，而仅仅是属于困难型气质。
e.g. The woman he had seen performing on stage was in actuality quite older than she had seemed.
他所见的那个在舞台上表演的女人实际年龄比看上去要大很多。

2. 真实;实际
Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.

e.g. It exists in dreams rather than actuality.
它存在于梦境而非现实中。

3. 真实情况;实际情况;事实
An actuality is a fact or condition that really exists.

e.g. To stop the fighting there requires the threat and probably the actuality of military force...
要平息那里的战火就要威胁采用甚至真正动用军事力量。
e.g. While economists are free to theorise, company chairmen are concerned with actualities.
经济学家们可自由创建理论，公司总裁们则关心现实情况。