realize
國中國一上/ˈriː.ə.laɪz/
v.意識到
to come to understand
什麼時候用
realize 有兩個意思：「意識到」與「實現（夢想、計畫）」。第二個意思常被忽略，但在閱讀測驗裡出現得不少。
常見錯誤
- realize 後面接 that 子句或名詞，不接不定詞。
- realize 是「突然意識到」，不是持續的「知道」——後者用 know。
- 英式拼作 realise。
常見搭配
- realize that
- realize a dream
- come to realize
例句
I realized I was wrong.
我意識到自己錯了。
She suddenly realized that she had left her keys inside.
她突然意識到鑰匙忘在裡面了。
It took him twenty years to realize that dream.
他花了二十年才實現那個夢想。