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Actual、Real、True、Genuine和 Authentic

Actual、Real、True、Genuine和 Authentic的意思有點不同,不妨一看:



Actual(1)實際存在的;(2)真正的、正式的

What were his actual words? (他的原話是甚麽?/ 他到底說了些甚麽話?)

The actual opening ceremony will start in five minutes. (正式的開幕式會在五分鐘內開始。)



Real

(1)指真實不變的物件;(2)真實存在的人和事。

Is this real gold or pinchbeck? (這是真金還是膺品?)

It was a real person, not someone invented in a novel. (確有其人,不是小說憑空想像。)(比較:When she saw the actual person of her online friend Peter, she was surprised. 她見到網友Peter的真人時,覺得詫異。)



True真確的,符合事實的,例如真話和真文件,指沒有說謊或造假。語氣較actual 和 real

強。

What he says is simply not true. (他說的簡直就不真實。)

Is it true that he has been married thrice (他真的有過三次婚姻嗎?)

a certified true copy of the document (文件的核證真實副本)



Genuine強調不是假冒或假裝的(感情等)。較正式的用語。

The painting proved to be genuine, not a copy. (這油畫是真品,不是複製品。)

The painting is not a genuine Vinci (那油畫不是真正的達文西作品)

A genuine leather purse will cost a lot more than that. (真皮錢包的所費遠不止此。)

Do you think the rich man has a genuine interest in helping the young girl? (你認為那有錢人對幫助那少女真有興趣嗎?)



Authentic

真的;非偽造的,多用於指真實因而有效力的文件,又指鑒證證明的真實。

Both the Chinese and English versions of this Contract are equally authentic.(本合同的中文本和英文本具有相同效力。)(指同樣真實可信因此同樣有效之意。)

This is Picasso’s authentic signature, not a forgery. (這是畢加索本人的真正簽名,不是偽造的。)