Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

Those who let themselves be guided by the current course of events are real heroes.

识时务者为俊杰.

He owns considerable real estate.

他拥有相当可观的房地产.

Are you sure it's the real thing, not just infatuation?

你能确定这是真爱，而非一时痴迷？

He has no real roots in this area.

他原籍不在这儿.

She's a real pain.

她真是个讨厌的人.

Our next door neighbour is a real noesy parker . He always has to know everything about everybody on our street.

我们隔壁的邻居真是个包打听, 这条街上所有住户的事他都想知道.

Their affluence is more apparent than real.

他们的富有是虚有其表.

The real value of the book lies in its wonderful characterization.

这本书真正的价值在于精彩的人物塑造.

He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.

他设法装出有点知识的外表,用来掩饰自己的无知.

Living in a high building tends to insulate us from the real life of the city.

住在高楼大厦中容易使我们与城市的现实生活相隔绝.

The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden.

这场大雨把花园弄得脏极了.

Don't cry down the very real progress these people have made.

不要贬低这些人取得的切实进步.

He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.

他现在一副电影明星的模样, 小时候他可真是只丑小鸭.

I haven't had any real training.

我没有受过什么真正的训练.

There isn't anything of real substance in her book.

她的书中没有任何真正实质性的内容.

The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.

警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹,只是一个假货.

It's not real leather; it's only an imitation.

那不是真皮, 只不过是仿制品.

My father opened a real can of worms when he took over the ailing company and tried to get it doing business.

当我父亲接管一家处境困难的公司并试图重振业务时,他确实碰到了棘手的问题.

If she said that, she was telling a real whopper.

要是她那么说的, 她就是说了个大瞎话.

Aunt Mary's a real conservative. She's totally opposed to women going out to work.

玛丽姑妈是一个极守旧的人, 她根本就反对女人外出工作.