学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2011 reality check

今天我们要学的词是reality check.  Reality check的意思是面对现实，看清实际情况。美国推进中东和平的努力连连受挫，U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared that "it's reality check time" on whether an agreement can be reached anytime soon. 美国国务卿克里宣布，“现在应该面对现实，”反思一下双方到底能否迅速达成协议。自从克里米亚危机爆发以来，欧美试图通过停购俄罗斯物资向俄施压，但是，A reality check shows that Europe can't get rid of its dependence¹ on Russian oil and gas.看清现实就会明白，欧洲无法摆脱对俄罗斯石油和天然气的依赖。好的，今天我们学习的词是reality check, reality check, reality check...

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n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。