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realize

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rea·lize (also realise British English) /ˈrɪəlaɪz/ S1 W1 verb [transitiveT]

1 understand 明白REALIZE to know and understand something, or suddenly begin to understand it 知道；明白；认识到；顿悟

realize (that)

I suddenly realized that the boy was crying.

我突然意识到那男孩在哭。

Do you realize you’re an hour late?

知不知道你迟到了一个小时？

realize who/what/how etc

I’m sorry, I didn’t realize who you were.

对不起，我没认出你是谁。

It took us a while to realize the extent of the tragedy.

我们过了一段时间才意识到这场悲剧有多严重。

It was only later that I realized my mistake.

我到后来才认识到自己的错误。

Do not say that you ‘realize about/of something’. Say that you realize something.

不要说 ‘realize about/of something’。而要说 realize something。

n GRAMMAR: Using the progressive

In this meaning, realize is not usually used in the progressive. You say:

Nobody realizes how important this is.

✗Don’t say: Nobody is realizing how important this is.

In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m realizing to say that they have recently begun to realize something:

Now I’m a parent, I’m realizing what my parents went through.

2 achieve 实现 formalSUCCEED IN DOING something to achieve something that you were hoping to achieve 实现，将…变为现实

She never realized her ambition of winning an Olympic gold medal.

她一直未能实现赢取奥运会金牌的抱负。

a young singer who has not yet realized her full potential (=achieved as much as she can achieve)

一个尚未充分发挥潜力的年轻歌手

3 somebody’s worst fears were realized HAPPENused to say that the thing that you were most afraid of has actually happened 某人最担心的事情发生了

His worst fears were realized when he heard that Chris had been arrested.

听说克里斯被逮捕，他知道自己最害怕的事情发生了。

Examples from the Corpus

somebody’s worst fears were realized• My worst fears were realized when I saw the test questions.• His worst fears were realized and he was arrested.

4 money 金钱

a) BMONEY formal to obtain or earn an amount of money 获得；挣得

The campaign realized $5000.

这次活动筹得5000美元。

We realized a small profit on the sale of the house.

我们卖房子小赚了一笔。

b) BMONEY realize an asset technical to change something that you own into money by selling it 把资产变现

n THESAURUS

realize to begin to understand, notice, or know something that you did not understand etc before

I hadn’t realized that Ben was his brother.

She suddenly realized who the man in the photograph was.

become aware to gradually realize that something is happening or is true, over a period of time

He slowly became aware that he was not alone

People are becoming more aware of the harmful effects of cars on the environment.

dawn on somebody if something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time – often used in the phrase it dawned on somebody

It dawned on me that he could be lying.

It only dawned on her that she was in danger when she saw rescue workers running away from the building.

He thought about the dream for a long time before its meaning began to dawn on him.

sink in if something sinks in, you begin to realize its full meaning or importance, especially gradually

It took a few minutes for the doctor’s words to sink in.

The reality of what I had done slowly began to sink in.

hit if a fact hits you, you suddenly understand it and how important it is

It hit me one day that he didn’t care. He’d talk when I phoned him, but he’d never call me.

strike if an idea or thought strikes you, you suddenly think of it

It suddenly struck her what a risk she was taking.

A thought has just struck me - there must be other people with the same problem.

Examples from the Corpus

realize• The initial campaign has realized $5000 in cash and pledges.• "She's been promoted to chief executive." "Oh, really? I didn't realize."• Oh, is that your chair? Sorry, I didn't realize.• Women dieters, she realized, had been duped.• Tim only realized his mistake the next day.• Even Horton's family hadn't realized how sick he was, both physically and emotionally.• Mitch Snyder may have realized it was his best chance of making some kind of mark on the parish.• Then I realized it was Malpass.• We were obliged to realize most of our assets.• Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.• Owen realized that was what they had come for.• I realize that you are very busy, but could I talk to you for a few minutes?• None of us realized the danger we were in.• Gabby felt tears sting her eyes, suddenly realizing the full force of what was happening.• Neither she nor many of the other pilots had the vision to realize they were looking at the future.• He'd cried out before he realized what the obstruction was: a pile of bollards.

realize (that)• They realized a new star had emerged and a most unusual one at that.• Margaret suddenly realized he was crying.• You don't realize how fond she is of you.• Then I realized she meant the hollies but they looked black to me, and the grass was brown and dead-looking.• As Miranda poured her coffee, she realized that checking the share price would now be her first priority every morning.• As the Geneva negotiations approached a denouement, he finally realized that his own status hung dangerously in the balance.• You realize that I don't have a choice.• We didn't realize that it would take so long to get here.• Dole has promised to seek a balanced budget by 2002, but he also realizes that the government must continue to function.• Only now do I realize that there is no other nation of the world in which people begin with the ones column.

realized ... potential• Margaret Thatcher, too, realized the potential of having this major capital project financed by the private sector.

From Longman Business Dictionary