realize/ˋriə͵laIz; ˈrIəlaIz/ also 又作 -ise BrE 【英】v [T]1 to know and understand something, or suddenly begin to understand it 了解﹐明白﹔认识到﹔领悟: He obviously didn’t realize the dangers involved. 他当时显然没有意识到其中的危险。+(that) I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that it was so late. 抱歉﹐我没想到这么晚了。2 realize a hope/goal/dream etc to achieve something you have been hoping to achieve 实现希望/目标/梦想等3 sb's (worst) fears were realized used to say that the thing that you were most afraid of has actually happened 某人(最)担心的事情发生了