the harsh/grim/stark reality (=conditions that are really very bad)
We want to protect our children from the harsh reality of our violent world.
political/social/economic realities
He's ignoring political realities.
verbs
face reality (=accept it)
It's painful, but you have to face reality.
confront a reality (=consider or deal with it)
They had to confront some unpleasant realities about themselves.
ignore a reality
They are ignoring the reality of Arab politics.
wake up to reality (=realize what is happening or real)
Well, they need to wake up to reality.
lose touch with reality (=no longer know about ordinary things or what is possible)
If all you have is the show-business world, you kind of lose touch with reality.
escape from reality
The programmes help viewers escape from reality.
bring somebody back to reality (=make them realize what is happening around them or true)
She was brought back to reality by the pain in her ankle.
become a reality (=really happen, after being hoped for, feared, etc by someone)
Last June, her longed-for baby finally became a reality.
reflect reality (=match or show what is really happening or true)
Do these novels accurately reflect contemporary reality?
bear no relation to reality (=not match what is really happening or true)
His vision of European politics bears no relation to reality.
be divorced from reality (=not connected in any way to what is really happening)
His ideas are completely divorced from reality.
phrases
a dose of reality (=an experience of what things are really like)
I got my first dose of reality when I reported to work at my new job.
somebody's grasp of reality (=their understanding of reality)
They portrayed her as a sick woman with only a tenuous grasp of reality.
Examples from the Corpus
reality• Now, as the barriers come down between East and West, that prospect will become a reality.• Small children often can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.• There are realities that I can not change.• As it turned out, they had all the problems one would reasonably expect, given their experientialreality.• Delane turned to drugs as an escape from reality.• But I have suggested that these three viewpointsexpress different ways of knowing and relating to one complex multi-layered reality.• As a result, a heavydose of reality has descended on the Buchanan campaign.• But it refers to a religiousreality that is so basic and so universal its equivalent has been found almost everywhere.• But the reality of biology is much more complicated.
escape from reality• There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality.• But the issue is more complex than the mereescape from reality into fantasy.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REALITY | REALITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤sad, sobering, unfortunate, unpleasant痛苦的/使人清醒的/不幸的/令人不快的現實◇We were faced with the unpleasant reality of having nowhere to live.我們面臨着無處棲身的不幸現實。➤bitter, brutal, cold, cruel, grim, gritty, hard, harsh, painful, stark, ugly痛苦的現實;殘酷的現實;冷酷的現實;嚴酷的現實;赤裸裸的現實;醜陋的現實◇The novel describes the harsh realities of racism and life on the road.這部小說描寫了種族主義和流浪生活的嚴酷現實。➤complex複雜的現實▸➤underlying根本的現實◇He has no illusions about the underlying reality of army life.他對現實的軍隊生活不抱什麼幻想。➤objective, practical客觀現實;實際情況◇the practical realities of running a children's home管理一個兒童福利院的實際情況➤daily, day-to-day, everyday, mundane日常生活;平凡生活➤external, material, physical表面的現實;物質現實◇Painters at the time were largely concerned with reproducing external reality.當時的畫家大多只關注重現表象。➤ultimate上帝▸➤commercial, economic, historical, political, psychological, social商業/經濟/歷史/政治/心理/社會現實◇the harsh economic realities of life as a student學生生活中嚴酷的經濟現實➤virtual虛擬現實◇the use of virtual reality in computer games電腦遊戲中虛擬現實的使用➤alternate (especially NAmE) 另一個現實世界◇The movie portrays a kind of alternate reality.這部電影描述了某種另類現實。VERB + REALITY➤become變成現實◇One day her dream will become a reality.總有一天她的夢想會變成現實。➤make sth使⋯成為現實◇It's our task to make the proposals a reality.我們的任務是使這些提議變成現實。➤accept, acknowledge, confront (sb with), face (up to), get a grip on, grasp, perceive, recognize, understand, wake up to接受現實;承認現實;(使某人)面對現實;把握現實;認識現實◇She will have to face reality sooner or later.她遲早得面對現實。◇I don't think you have quite grasped the realities of our situation!我認為你還沒有完全搞清楚我們的實際情況!➤capture, depict, reflect, represent記錄/描述/反映/代表現實◇a book that captures the reality of life during wartime一本記錄戰時實際生活的書➤construct, create構建/創造現實◇The director creates a believable, gritty reality.導演營造出一個殘酷而可信的現實世界。➤bear little, no, etc. relation to, bear little, no, etc. resemblance to, have little to do with, not have much to do with與現實幾乎無關;與現實無關◇Most people's ideas of the disease do not have much to do with the reality.多數人對該病的看法沒什麼現實依據。➤be cut off from, be divorced from, be out of touch with, be removed from與現實沒有聯繫◇They are out of touch with the realities of modern warfare.他們與現代戰爭毫無關係。➤escape from逃避現實▸➤deny, ignore否認/忽視現實▸➤bring sb back to, come back to, get back to, return to將某人帶回現實;回到現實◇He called for the committee to stop dreaming and return to reality.他呼籲委員會停止幻想,回到現實。➤alter, distort, obscure改變/歪曲/掩蓋現實◇Most comedy relies on distorting reality.喜劇大多依賴於扭曲現實。➤protect sb from, shelter sb from, shield sb from保護某人免受現實傷害◇Her parents always tried to shield her from the realities of the world.她父母總是努力保護她免受現實世界的傷害。REALITY + NOUN➤check現實檢驗◇It's time for a reality check: are these goals really achievable?該是由現實來檢驗的時候了:這些目標真的能實現嗎?➤television, TV真人秀電視節目PREPOSITION➤in reality實際上◇The media portray her as happy and successful, but in reality she has a difficult life.媒體把她描述得快樂而成功,而事實上她過着艱難的生活。➤reality of⋯的現實◇I don't think he understands the reality of the situation.我覺得他不懂現實的情況。PHRASES➤a grasp of reality, a grasp on reality對現實的理解◇He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他對現實的認識很膚淺。➤a perception of reality, a sense of reality對現實的領悟/感知