实际地，真实地，事实上
after considering things that affect what a number or amount really means, such as the effect of rising prices
Average earnings rose 5 percent in real terms after deducting income tax. 在扣除收入所得税等项之后，平均收入实际增加了5%。
Shockingly, since 2005, the average salary has declined by 4.7 percent in real terms.
House prices in this region have doubled in real terms over the last ten years.
Over the last decade, the cost of motoring has fallen in real terms.
Astonishingly, defence spending has almost halved in real terms since then.
See also: real adjective (NOT IMAGINARY)