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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

de facto [dɪ 'fækto] [dɪː 'fæktəu]
  1. 1. [Latin] 事实上（的）；实际上（的）
    a defacto government
    事实上的政府

Collins English-English Dictionary

de facto [deɪ 'fæktəυ]
  1. 1. adv in fact
  2. 2. adj existing in fact, whether legally recognized or not - Compare de jure
    a de facto regime
  3. 3. n [Austral and NZ] a de facto husband or wife
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C17: Latin
See more results for de facto in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

a de facto regime → de facto
事实上的承认
de facto recognition → 事实上

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