act
基本释义
- v.行动；举动，表现；假装；表演，演出；担任；起作用；代理；（心理分析）行为表现
- n.行为，行动；法案；装模作样；（戏剧、歌剧等的）一幕；一段表演；节目；表演者，演出团体；发现某人正在（做某事）；判决书；<旧>会议记录，公报
词语例句
行动vi.
六级The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism.
当警方行动起来去制止大范围的洗劫和蓄意破坏时，死亡事件发生了。
The girl's life was saved because the doctors acted so promptly.
多亏医生行动迅速，女孩的生命得救了。
As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.
正如我所说，结构性失业并不是一个真正的问题，它只是一个借口，一个在迫切需要采取行动的时候不对美国的问题采取行动的理由。
举动，表现vi.
He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it.
他表现得好像一点都没有听过这件事一样。
假装vt.&vi.
He's been acting the devoted husband all day.
他整天装作模范丈夫的样子。
I decided to act dumb.
我决定装哑。
She tried to act like it didn't bother her, but it did.
她竭力装出无所谓的样子，可它的确是影响到她了。
表演，演出vt.&vi.
Most of the cast act well.
这出戏大多数演员演得不错。
The play was well acted.
这出戏演得不错。
She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
她向父母承认了她想表演的欲望。
- Can you act as interpreter?你能担任口译吗？来自《牛津词典》
- You must act boldly and confidently.你必须表现得大胆、自信。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- This was a fiendish act of wickedness.这是一种残忍邪恶的行为。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- act to do sth.采取行动……
- act like...假装……
- act for...为……代理
- the act of doing sth.……的行为
- Clean Air Act清洁空气法案；清洁空气法；空气清洁法；净化空气法案
- speech act言语行为理论；言语行为；语言行为；言语活动
- Sister Act修女也疯狂；修女也猖狂；修女也猖獗
- act of God天灾；不可抗力；不可抗拒
- Act of Valor勇者行动；英勇行动；勇举
词语扩展
- law/rule/regulation/code/act/constitution
- law普通用词，泛指由最高当局所制订、立法机构所通过的任何成文或不成文的法规或条例。
- rule通常指机关、团体的规章、条例或比赛规则；也指对人行为、方法等所作的规定，还可指习俗所承认的规定。
- regulation普通用词，指用于管理、指导或控制某系统或组织的规则、规定或原则等。
- code指某一阶层或社会所遵守的一整套法典、法规或法则；也可指与某一特殊活动或主题有关的规则。
- act指经立法机构通过并由行政管理签署的法案。
- constitution指治理国家或国家在处理内外政务时所遵循的基本法律和原则；也指规章规则的汇集。
- operation/deed/performance/action/act
- operation多指一连串行动或行为的完成方式。
- deed较庄重用词，除泛指各种行为外，还可用于指某种高尚或伟大的行为，故常译作“功绩，业绩”。
- performance主要指行动的方式方法。
- action普通用词，着重行动的过程。
- act一般指具体的、短暂的或个别的行为，强调行为的完成及其效果。
- deed/action/act
- deed为正式用语，多指伟大的，显著的，感人的行为。如：They thanked him for his good deeds. (他们感谢他做的好事。)
- action较正式，往往指不止包含一个步骤，且持续时间较长的行为或行动，强调行为的过程。如：Actions are more important than words. (行动比语言更重要。)
- act用作名词时，与action, deed均可表“行为”，“举动”。Act指时间较短的个人行动或行为，强调结果。如：The farmer caught the boys in the act of stealing his apples. (农夫在孩子们正偷他的苹果时把他们抓住了。)
词义分布
英英释义
- n.a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- n.something that people do or cause to happen
- n.a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- n.a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
- n.a manifestation of insincerity
- v.perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- v.to do something for a particular purpose
行动；做事- The police acted to stop the fight.警方采取行动制止这场争斗。
- v.to behave in a particular way
表现；举止- The youths were acting suspiciously.这几个年轻人形迹可疑。
- He acts as if I'm not there.他表现得就好像我不存在一样。
- v.to have a part in a play or a film
表演；扮演角色- He acted in many films, including `Reds'.他出演过很多电影，《烽火赤焰万里情》是其中一部。
- n.a single thing that someone does
行为；行动- I will never forget his act of kindness.他的善意之举我永远不会忘记。
词源
- act做来自词根ag, 做，见agenda. -t, 过去分词后缀。
- act行动，做事来源于拉丁语动词ago, agere, egi, actus(行动)的过去分词词干-act-。 -act-行动 → act
- actOld French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).