virtualvir•tu•al /'vɜːtʃʊəl/

adj

1. 实质上的；事实上的

• His words amounted to a virtual confession of guilt. 他的话实质上成了他的忏悔。

• The president was so much under his wife's influence that she was the virtual ruler of the country. 总统是那样听从妻子的话，所以实际上他的妻子成了这个国家的统治者。

2. 【物】计 虚的虚拟的

• a virtual photon 虚光子

–virtually adv