单词 | realization |
释义 | realization (once / 792 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n A realization is the act of becoming completely aware of something. Many children who walk into a circus tent for the first time are struck with the realization that clowns are terrifying. A realization is a gradual or sudden understanding or comprehension of something. Another way to use the word realization is to mean the fulfillment of something that was previously only imagined, like the realization of your dream of becoming a pastry chef, or the realization on stage of the play you scribbled on napkins and scraps of paper. Realization grew out of the French réaliser, "to make real." WORD FAMILYrealization: realizations, self-realization+/realizable: realizably, unrealizable/realize: realizable, realization, realized, realizes, realizing/realized: unrealized/unrealizable: unrealizably USAGE EXAMPLESThere was also a realization that China’s key role in the illicit ivory trade was damaging its image in Africa. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But amazingly, I was able to bury this realization beneath my embarrassment and eagerness to get on with the next phase of my life. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Bubbling to the surface, though, is the realization that the two charges are not mutually exclusive. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n coming to understand something clearly and distinctly 2a growing realization of the risk involved Syn|Hyper realisation, recognition apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding the cognitive condition of someone who understands 1n making real or giving the appearance of reality Syn|Hypo|Hyper actualisation, actualization, realisation objectification the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing depersonalisation, depersonalization, reificationrepresenting a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalizationembodying in an outward form hypostatisation, hypostatization, reificationregarding something abstract as a material thing embodimentgiving concrete form to an abstract concept creating by mental acts the act of creating something by thinking 2n something that is made real or concrete 3the victory was the realization of a whole year's work Syn|Hyper fruition, realisation consummation the act of bringing to completion or fruition 1n a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer Syn|Hyper realisation composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created 2n the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer 4Syn|Hyper realisation composing, composition musical creation n a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained Syn|Hyper realisation cut-rate sale, sale, sales event an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices |
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