realism

noun
🔊/ˈriːəlɪzəm/, 🔊/ˈrɪəlɪzəm/
🔊/ˈriːəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. a way of seeing, accepting and dealing with situations as they really are without being influenced by your emotions or false hopes务实作风;现实主义方式
    • There was a new mood of realism among the leaders at the peace talks.参加和平谈判的领导人之间有着一种务实的新气氛。🔊🔊
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    • I hate to interject a note of realism, but we don't have any money to do any of this.我不想插话讲实际情况,但我们确实没钱做这些事。
    • They should temper their enthusiasm with a healthy dose of realism.他们应该明智地现实一点儿,控制一下自己的热情。
    • the band's realism about their chances of success乐队对于他们的成功机会的现实态度
    • Nowadays their political vision is tempered with a degree of realism.如今,他们的政治视野已被某种程度的现实主义所削弱。
    • The programme needs to be based on common sense and realism.该程序需要基于常识和现实主义。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • gritty
    • stark
    … of realism
    • degree
    • level
    • dose
    verb + realism
    • add
    • bring
    • lend
    preposition
    • realism  about
    • realism  in
    phrases
    • a sense of realism
    See full entry
  2. (of novels, paintings, films/movies, etc.小说、绘画、电影等) the quality of being very like real life现实性;逼真
    • the gritty realism of the new drama serial新剧集的真实感
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    • the stark realism of Loach's films洛克电影的纯现实主义
    • a complex novel of psychological realism一部复杂的心理现实主义小说
    • Clever lighting and sound effects brought greater realism to the play.巧妙的灯光和音响效果给这出戏注入了更强的现实主义色彩。
    • The computer animation offers an unprecedented level of realism.电脑动画将现实主义提高到前所未有的水平。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • gritty
    • stark
    … of realism
    • degree
    • level
    • dose
    verb + realism
    • add
    • bring
    • lend
    preposition
    • realism  about
    • realism  in
    phrases
    • a sense of realism
    See full entry
  3. (also Realism)
    a style in art or literature that shows things and people as they are in real life(文艺的)现实主义风格,现实主义
    • realism in Dutch art荷兰艺术中的现实主义
    • the Soviet adoption of socialist realism in art苏联在艺术上采取的社会主义现实主义
    see also magic realism, socialist realismTopics Artc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • gritty
    • stark
    … of realism
    • degree
    • level
    • dose
    verb + realism
    • add
    • bring
    • lend
    preposition
    • realism  about
    • realism  in
    phrases
    • a sense of realism
    See full entry
  4. compare idealism, romanticism