Often, however, expectations simply transform the way we perceive the world without altering reality itself.

然而，预期更经常地只是改变了我们看待世界的方式，而不是改变现实本身。

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A major source of anxiety about the future of the family is rooted not so much in reality as in the tension between the idealized expectation in the culture and the reality itself.

人们对家庭前景忧心忡忡，主要源于他们对文化美好的憧憬与现实本身的矛盾，并非源于现实本身。

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But then, modern physics tells us that reality itself is contradictory.

然而，现代物理学告诉我们，现实世界本身就是矛盾的。

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Despite his admirable achievements over more than a 30-year career, McChrystal is simply the latest 4-star officer to show the world that some remain woefully out of touch with the press, and at times, reality itself.

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Google is about fluidity and search and making virtual things seem more real than reality, itself.

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At which point, reality reasserted itself.

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