known to be real and what somebody claims it is and not a copy 真正的；真品的；真迹的 Extra ExamplesThe documents seem authentic enough. 这些文件看起来足够真实。 an authentic Picasso 真正的毕加索
true and accurate 真实的；真正的 an authentic account of life in the desert 对沙漠生活的真实描述 the authentic voice of young black Americans 年轻美国黑人的真实呼声
made to be exactly the same as the original 逼真的 an authentic model of the ancient town 古城的仿真模型 Take a trip on an authentic Spanish galleon to the famous Papagayo beach. 乘坐正宗的西班牙帆船前往著名的帕帕加约海滩。
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos ‘principal, genuine’.