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单词 to come back to reality
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to come back to reality
P2. back to reality: back to the facts or constraints of the actual world, esp. from a set of extraordinary circumstances or idealized aspirations, or after a period of introspection or reverie. Frequently in to come back to reality, to bring back to reality.
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1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 685/2 At such times I, timid child, thought of spirits, was terrified, and would make a noise to call her back to reality.
1889 Mind 14 389 Our large powers of mental constructiveness enable us to outstrip the actual phenomena of the world, at numerous points; while to bring them to the limits of actual experience is to come back to reality.
1936 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 June 2 b/7 Recent events have shocked him back to reality.
1972 R. Allen Skinhead Escapes i. 7 The sounds of pot-carriers brought him back to reality. It was an indignity forcing men to carry their covered pots..and empty the rotten things in a communal latrine.
1993 Bridge Nov. 30/3 Anyway, back to reality; slam is likely to depend on partner's club pips.
2001 Times 2 Jan. 1/4 The 23 adults and six children who spent a year on the Hebridean isle for a £2.4 million documentary, were all red-eyed as they waited to fly by helicopter to neighbouring Harris and back to reality.
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