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| 1 | used for emphasizing what is really true or what really happened 事实上；实际上 |
| I need to talk to the person who actually made the application. 我需要跟真正提出申请的人谈谈。 |
| We’ ve exchanged emails but we’ ve never actually met. 我们互通电子邮件，但实际上并未见过面。 |
| There’ s a big difference between saying you’ ll do something and actually doing it. 说你要做某事与你真正做某事有很大的不同。 |
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| 2 | used for emphasizing that something is surprising 竟然；居然 |
| It looks as if Tony is actually doing some work. 看起来好像托尼竟然在干活了。 |
| Some patients actually got worse after receiving the treatment. 一些病人在接受治疗后病情居然恶化了。 |
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| 3 | spoken used when correcting what someone has said or thinks, or what you yourself have said （用于纠正某人的说法或想法或自己说过的话） |
| He’ s actually very helpful. 他实际上很帮忙。 |
| I don’ t think they’ d let us, actually. 其实我认为他们不会答应我们的。 |
| It was yesterday, no actually it was Monday morning. 是昨天，不，应该是星期一早上。 |
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| 4 | spoken used for admitting something 确实是 |
| ‘Did you spend much money?’ ‘Well, yes. Quite a lot, actually.’ “你花了很多钱吗？”“噢，是的。确实花了不少。” |
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