in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 realise
										- VERB 认识到;意识到;了解
 If you realize that something is true, you become aware of that fact or understand it.- As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away...
 我们刚意识到有什么不对劲就把孩子转移了。
- People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been...
 人们没有意识到这次经济衰退事实上有多严重。
- Once they realised their mistake the phone was reconnected again...
 他们一意识到他们的错误,电话就重新接通了。
- 'That's my brother.'—'Oh, I hadn't realized.'
 “那是我弟弟。”——“哦,我没认出来呀。”
 
- VERB (希望、心愿或恐惧)实现,成为现实,发生
 If your hopes, desires, or fears are realized, the things that you hope for, desire, or fear actually happen.- Straightaway our worst fears were realised...
 我们最恐惧的事情一下发生了。
- Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.
 那些就是我们的希望;我们正在开展这些临床试验以调查那些希望是否可以实现。
 
- VERB 实现;实施;实行
 When someone realizes a design or an idea, they make or organize something based on that design or idea.- Various textile techniques will be explored to realise design possibilities...
 将尝试和探索纺织技巧来把这些设计变为现实。
- The kaleidoscopic quality of the book is brilliantly realised on stage.
 该书包罗万象、精彩纷呈的特质在舞台上得到了精彩再现。
 
- VERB 发挥,实现(潜力)
 If someone or something realizes their potential, they do everything they are capable of doing, because they have been given the opportunity to do so.- The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate...
 使妇女在工作中发挥潜力的支持体系严重不足。
- I think probably that the laser has not realised the potential that was expected of it in that domain.
 我想可能激光在那个领域并没有充分发挥其潜力。
 
- VERB 实现(利润);卖得…
 If something realizes a particular amount of money when it is sold, that amount of money is paid for it.- A selection of correspondence from P G Wodehouse realised £ 1,232.
 P.G.沃德豪斯的书信选集卖了1,232英镑。