realistic
US: /ˌɹiəˈɫɪstɪk/
UK: /ɹiəlˈɪstɪk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
realistic /riə'listik/- tính từ
- (văn học) hiện thực
- (triết học) theo thuyết duy thực
- có óc thực tế
Advanced English dictionary
adjective ~ (to do sth)1 accepting in a sensible way what it is actually possible to do or achieve in a particular situation: a realistic assessment / view + We have to be realistic about our chances of winning. + It is not realistic to expect people to spend so much money.
2 sensible and appropriate; possible to achieve: We must set realistic goals. + a realistic target / deadline + to pay a realistic price / salary
3 representing things as they are in real life: a realistic drawing + We try to make these training courses as realistic as possible. + realistic graphics
Antonym: UNREALISTIC
Collocation
1 showing acceptance of the facts of a situation
VERBS
be, seem | keep sth
Try to keep your ambitions realistic.
ADV.
extremely, very | fairly, quite, reasonably | enough, sufficiently
He was realistic enough to know this success could not last.
PREP.
about
My friends were quite realistic about my problems.
| in
being very realistic in their expectations
2 showing things as they really are
VERBS
be, look, sound | become | make sth
You could make the hands a little more realistic.
ADV.
extremely, truly, very | fairly, quite | grimly
his grimly realistic first novel about drug addicts
Concise dictionary
‚rɪə'lɪstɪkadj.
+aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
+representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
+of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
