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词汇 reality check
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Definition of reality check in English:

reality check

noun
informal
  • usually in singular An occasion on which one is reminded of the state of things in the real world.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(旨在击破谎言的)现状核实

    the bloated financial industry needs a reality check
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A reality check will show that journalists are under attack everywhere.
    • It ought to be about ordinary people giving the metropolitan political elite an annual reality check.
    • It was a bit of a reality check for the U.S. credit market, with yields rising across the board.
    • And at the war's end, when the prisoners came home, there were some amazing reunions but for most it was a bleak reality check.
    • Both women said they felt strangely invigorated by the reality check of measuring their steps.
    • What was supposed to be a great night of drinking and dancing actually brought an insulting reality check.
    • This wreck was the best bad thing that ever happened to me, because it was a reality check.
    • I think it's going to be a reality check to talk to young people across the way.
    • It was a humbling experience, and a reality check in my own life and relationships.
    • Let's hope that those responsible for the proper use of State funds experience a swift reality check in the interim.
    • We both were controllable and felt we added a comforting reality check to each other until help arrived.
    • Talking with folks throughout the organization helps provide a reality check, she says.
    • It's also a wake-up call, a reality check from which you emerge with a reassuring sense of integrity.
    • Go ahead and let them present their views, but make sure there's a reality check.
    • It's anything but the simple life for her, because now she's getting a reality check of her own.
    • Even a nonbinding vote would act as a reality check for supervisory boards.
    • Wimbledon's demise is a stark reality check of where soccer is going in a free market.
    • He will also miss the constant reality check of observing military life first hand.
    • But for him, and the other aspirants, the day was a reality check.
    • But let's take a quick reality check and see what increased tuition really means.

Definition of reality check in US English:

reality check

noun
informal
  • usually in singular An occasion on which one is reminded of the state of things in the real world.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(旨在击破谎言的)现状核实

    the bloated financial industry needs a reality check
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Talking with folks throughout the organization helps provide a reality check, she says.
    • He will also miss the constant reality check of observing military life first hand.
    • It was a humbling experience, and a reality check in my own life and relationships.
    • Even a nonbinding vote would act as a reality check for supervisory boards.
    • We both were controllable and felt we added a comforting reality check to each other until help arrived.
    • Both women said they felt strangely invigorated by the reality check of measuring their steps.
    • It was a bit of a reality check for the U.S. credit market, with yields rising across the board.
    • And at the war's end, when the prisoners came home, there were some amazing reunions but for most it was a bleak reality check.
    • Go ahead and let them present their views, but make sure there's a reality check.
    • It ought to be about ordinary people giving the metropolitan political elite an annual reality check.
    • I think it's going to be a reality check to talk to young people across the way.
    • But for him, and the other aspirants, the day was a reality check.
    • It's anything but the simple life for her, because now she's getting a reality check of her own.
    • This wreck was the best bad thing that ever happened to me, because it was a reality check.
    • Let's hope that those responsible for the proper use of State funds experience a swift reality check in the interim.
    • But let's take a quick reality check and see what increased tuition really means.
    • Wimbledon's demise is a stark reality check of where soccer is going in a free market.
    • A reality check will show that journalists are under attack everywhere.
    • It's also a wake-up call, a reality check from which you emerge with a reassuring sense of integrity.
    • What was supposed to be a great night of drinking and dancing actually brought an insulting reality check.
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