1794, from real (adj.) + -ism; after French réalisme or German Realismus; from Late Latin realis "real." Opposed to idealism in philosophy, art, etc. In reference to scholastic doctrine of Thomas Aquinas (opposed to nominalism) it is recorded from 1826. Meaning "close resemblance to the scene" (in art, literature, etc., often with reference to unpleasant details) is attested from 1856.
雙語例句
1. It was time now to show more political realism.
現在是拿出更多政治務實精神的時候了。
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2. Sincere performances and gritty Boston settings add to the film's realism.
真誠的表演和對波士頓這一背景城市的真實刻畫增添了電影的現實主義色彩。
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3. The early ambitions of youthful enthusiasm soon become tempered with realism.
之前年少時對理想抱負懷有的一腔熱情很快便被現實澆滅。
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4. Greene's stories had an edge of realism.
格林的小說有強烈的現實主義色彩。
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5. The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".