realize

1. V-T/V-I If you realize that something is true, you become aware of that fact or understand it. 意識(shí)到

As soon as we realized something was wrong, we moved the children away. 我們一意識(shí)到出了問(wèn)題，就立即把孩子們轉(zhuǎn)移開(kāi)了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been. 人們沒(méi)有意識(shí)到這次經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退有多么嚴(yán)重。

2. realizationN-VAR 認(rèn)識(shí)

There is now a growing realization that things cannot go on like this for much longer. 人們?cè)絹?lái)越認(rèn)識(shí)到事情不可能再這樣發(fā)展下去了。

3. V-T If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen. (希望、渴望或恐懼) 變成現(xiàn)實(shí)[usu passive]

All his worst fears were realized. 他最擔(dān)心的事情都變成了現(xiàn)實(shí)。

4. realizationN-UNCOUNT 成為現(xiàn)實(shí)

In Kravis's venomous tone he recognized the realization of his worst fears. 從克拉維斯惡毒的語(yǔ)調(diào)中他意識(shí)到他最害怕的事情發(fā)生了。

5. V-T When someone realizes a design or an idea, they make or organize something based on that design or idea. 使成為現(xiàn)實(shí)[正式]

I knew the technique that I would have to create in order to realize that structure. 我了解為了使這種結(jié)構(gòu)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，我必須開(kāi)發(fā)的技術(shù)。

6. V-T If someone or something realizes their potential, they do everything they are capable of doing, because they have been given the opportunity to do so. 發(fā)揮 (潛能)

The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate. 使婦女發(fā)揮其工作潛能的支持系統(tǒng)嚴(yán)重不足。

7. V-T If something realizes a particular amount of money when it is sold, that amount of money is paid for it. 賺取 (指通過(guò)出售某物賺錢(qián))[正式]

A selection of correspondence from P.G. Wodehouse realized 2,000 dollars. 佩·格·沃德豪斯的書(shū)信選集賣(mài)了2000美元。

8. realizationN-VAR 賺取

...a total cash realization of about $23 million. …一共賺了大約兩千三百萬(wàn)美元的現(xiàn)金。