realize

1. V-T/V-I If you realize that something is true, you become aware of that fact or understand it. 意識到

As soon as we realized something was wrong, we moved the children away. 我們一意識到出了問題，就立即把孩子們轉移開了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been. 人們沒有意識到這次經濟衰退有多麽嚴重。

2. realizationN-VAR 認識

There is now a growing realization that things cannot go on like this for much longer. 人們越來越認識到事情不可能再這樣發展下去了。

3. V-T If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen. (希望、渴望或恐懼) 變成現實[usu passive]

All his worst fears were realized. 他最擔心的事情都變成了現實。

4. realizationN-UNCOUNT 成爲現實

In Kravis's venomous tone he recognized the realization of his worst fears. 從尅拉維斯惡毒的語調中他意識到他最害怕的事情發生了。

5. V-T When someone realizes a design or an idea, they make or organize something based on that design or idea. 使成爲現實[正式]

I knew the technique that I would have to create in order to realize that structure. 我了解爲了使這種結搆成爲現實，我必須開發的技術。

6. V-T If someone or something realizes their potential, they do everything they are capable of doing, because they have been given the opportunity to do so. 發揮 (潛能)

The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate. 使婦女發揮其工作潛能的支持系統嚴重不足。

7. V-T If something realizes a particular amount of money when it is sold, that amount of money is paid for it. 賺取 (指通過出售某物賺錢)[正式]

A selection of correspondence from P.G. Wodehouse realized 2,000 dollars. 珮·格·沃德豪斯的書信選集賣了2000美元。

8. realizationN-VAR 賺取

...a total cash realization of about $23 million. …一共賺了大約兩千三百萬美元的現金。