verisimilitude
/ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ (bre, ipa) · [vˌɛrəsəmˈɪlətˌud] /ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/ (ame, ipa) · [vˌɛrəsəmˈɪlətˌud] /ˌver-ə-sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd How to pronounce verisimilitude (audio) -ˌtyüd/ (ame, mw)
verisimilitude — 名詞
1. the convincing effect that makes a story, scene, or explanation feel as if it co
真實感
讓作品或說法像真事的感覺
the convincing effect that makes a story, scene, or explanation feel as if it could really be true.
The cracked cups and faded wallpaper gave the stage set real verisimilitude.
裂開的杯子和褪色的壁紙，讓舞台布景多了真實感。
give verisimilitude to a setting
Isabela admired the play's verisimilitude, from the street noise to the worn shoes.
Isabela 很欣賞那齣戲的真實感，從街頭噪音到磨舊的鞋子都很到位。
By using old court records, the writer lent verisimilitude to the novel.
這位作家用了舊法庭紀錄，替小說增添了真實感。
Hamza's fake travel diary gained verisimilitude after he added train times and old tickets.
Hamza 在假的旅行日記裡加上火車時刻和舊車票後，內容更有真實感。
Without small details of village life, the film lost much of its verisimilitude.
如果少了村裡生活的小細節，這部電影就會失去不少真實感。
- plausibility
often focuses more on whether an idea or event seems logically possible
- realism
can describe a broader lifelike quality or an artistic movement, not just this effect
- authenticity
more strongly suggests something is genuinely real, not only convincing
- artificiality
emphasises a fake or staged quality
- implausibility
stresses that something is hard to believe or does not make sense
文法句型
verisimilitude of + noun phrase
lend/add verisimilitude to + noun phrase
a sense of verisimilitude
用法筆記
Most often used in formal discussion of fiction, theatre, film, and historical writing. Common with verbs such as add, lend, create, and maintain, and often followed by of or to.