in reality 1. 实际上，事实上 He became that country's ruler both in name and reality. 他成了该国名义上和事实上的统治者。 The sound was far more frightening in reality than in the movies. 这声音在现实中听上去比在电影里要可怕得多。 2. [常用以纠正上文所述]而在实际上 He looks about sixty. In reality, he is only forty-two years of age. 他看上去约60岁，而实际上才42岁。