1.Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact,form,or name:
实质上的,实际上的:虽然没有实际的事实、形式或名义,但在实际上或效果上存在或产生的:
the virtual extinction of the buffalo.野牛实际上已经绝迹
virtual acceptance事实上的承兑[接受]
2.Existing in the mind,especially as a product of the imagination.Used in literary criticism of text.
虚的,内心的:在头脑中存在的,尤指意想的产物.用于文学批评中