act

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基本釋義

n.
行為,行動(dòng); 法案; (戲劇等)一幕; 表演; 假裝; 演出者
v.
行動(dòng),表現(xiàn); 奉行; 假裝; 扮演(角色); 充當(dāng); 起作用; 代表

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

acts of terrorism

恐怖行動(dòng)

牛津詞典

an act of kindness

善行

牛津詞典

Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.

當(dāng)尼爾從后面走過(guò)來(lái)時(shí),肯正在付賬。

The Government should get its act together...

政府應(yīng)該集中力量。

We have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.

我們必須把勁兒往一處使——我們得組織起來(lái)。

He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...

他表現(xiàn)得好像對(duì)此毫不知情。

He acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.

他在船上為水手們兼作外科醫(yī)生和牧師。

...the Cunard Princess, which acted as a support ship for American forces.

用作美軍支援船的公主號(hào)冠達(dá)郵輪

Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...

克里斯檢查記錄時(shí)故作震驚狀。

Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.

肯沃西努力表現(xiàn)得不像個(gè)警察。

...the law firm that acted for Diana during her marriage split...

在戴安娜婚姻破裂期間為她做代理的法律事務(wù)所

Because we travelled so much, Sam and I asked a broker to act on our behalf.

由于我們經(jīng)常游歷在外,我和薩姆便請(qǐng)了一位經(jīng)紀(jì)人代表我們處理事務(wù)。

He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system...

他正在服用一種危險(xiǎn)的藥物:這種藥物能很快影響到中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)。

A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.

催眠師能直接作用于無(wú)意識(shí)思維。

She confessed to her parents her desire to act...

她向父母坦言了自己想演戲的愿望。

She acted in her first film when she was 13 years old.

13歲時(shí)她出演了她的電影處女作。

Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading...

閱讀行為中關(guān)鍵在于對(duì)語(yǔ)言的理解。

My insurance excludes acts of sabotage and damage done by weapons of war.

我購(gòu)買(mǎi)的保險(xiǎn)對(duì)于蓄意損壞以及戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中武器造成的損壞不予賠償。

There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?...

有時(shí)我很困惑:她這么做是故意的嗎?難道一切都只是一場(chǎng)游戲,是逢場(chǎng)作戲?

His anger was real. It wasn't an act.

他是真的生氣了,不是在擺樣子。

...an Act of Parliament.

議會(huì)法案

Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed...

第二幕里有我看過(guò)的最搞笑的場(chǎng)面之一。

This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts...

今年除了那些搞笑短劇外,還會(huì)有眾多樂(lè)隊(duì)登臺(tái)獻(xiàn)藝。

The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.

那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物時(shí)被逮個(gè)正著。

The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.

該國(guó)的廣告商需要規(guī)范自己的行為。

In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.

20世紀(jì)70年代,急于分一杯羹的柯達(dá)公司推出了自己的拍立得相機(jī)。

The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism...

警方采取行動(dòng)制止猖狂的打砸搶行為時(shí)有多人喪生。

I do not doubt that the bank acted properly.

我毫不懷疑銀行的處理方式是妥當(dāng)?shù)摹?/p>

A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice and act on it.

患者通常都會(huì)遵照醫(yī)囑行事。

...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...

一伙形跡可疑的年輕人

真題例句

Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

It caught us in the act, sent an alert to my smartphone, and also listed our RF interference on the system's event log.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they're getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc ( 臨時(shí)的) taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel (精品酒店) as and when it suits them.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

It is essential that we act with integrity in order to build the kind of world in which we want to live.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

In mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, " the study reported

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible.

出自-2012年12月聽(tīng)力原文

Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.

出自-2011年12月聽(tīng)力原文

If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier

出自-2011年12月聽(tīng)力原文

The way to complain is to act business-like and important.

出自-2010年6月聽(tīng)力原文

If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted

出自-2010年6月聽(tīng)力原文

Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere.

出自-2010年6月聽(tīng)力原文

But can artificial intelligence AI machines act ethically, meaning can they be honest and fair?

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

So I have to act quickly.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

They are already on California roads, so it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense.

2016年12月四級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

with the popularity of the car, registration became a must in 1903 with the Motor Car Act.

2016年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

Moreover, nonparticipation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Each business acts its own way in green labeling.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

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.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

And perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.

出自-2016年6月聽(tīng)力原文

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," says Dan Ariely, behavioural psychologist at Duke University.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to 27 trigger mental pictures helps people function quicker.

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀

But students who surfed the web during class did worse on their exams regardless of their ACT scores, suggesting that even the academically smartest students are harmed when they're distracted in class.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀

I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

It was a symbolic act, indicating that under Grune's leadership, Reader's Digest was going to be different.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

It's the fastest-ever recovery of a mammal, joining peers like the Louisiana black bear as glowing successes in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Researchers used ACT scores as a measure of intellectual aptitude.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀

Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

They are the National Health Service and the 1948 National Assistance Act.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

According to the code, visitors should act with care and respect.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設(shè)

Acts of generosity can change lives or just give you that warm feeling full of love.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Gossip also can have a third effect: It strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

He also won praise from social media users after Mr.Anderson posted about the act of kindness on Facebook.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 完形填空 原文

Her simple act landed parks in prison.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

I read that people are more divided than ever, but that's not how the people I encounter tend to act.

2019年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 完形填空 原文

In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Kunqu society, the classical Chinese theater which combines singing, dancing and acting to literary works by masters of Ming and Qing dynasties, performing introduces four signature plays of Kunqu master Jiqing Zhang to American audiences.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)廣東卷 閱讀理解 信息匹配 原文

Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Restarting antitrust for the information age will not be easy but if govemments don't wants a data oconomy by a few giants, they must act soon.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Rising above self and acting to help others.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項(xiàng)

Self expression there are many ways to express thoughts and ideas –music, acting, drawing, building, photography.

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students to talk over what is bothering them.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 單項(xiàng)選擇 原文

The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting where schools except them to act as partners in their children's education.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

They are both passionate about acting and interested in people.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 答案 選項(xiàng)

This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

This small act will let your neighbors know that you care about the area.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Think twice before we act.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)福建卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 選項(xiàng)

We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

We must act as quickly as possible now.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖北卷 句子填空 原文

When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters, he'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(11月) 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not so easy as in dealing with adults.

出自-2009年考研翻譯原文

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another.

出自-2011年考研翻譯原文

For earned media , such marketers act as the initiator for users’ responses.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and Sedition Acts.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

such dimensions of read suggest-as others introduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit agenda to any act of reading.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act as useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

The high court’s decision said the judge in Mr.McDonnell’s trial failed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

The basic compact underlying representative government, wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court,” assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

Simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an official act.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

2016年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of physical feedback, that improve an individual's emotional state.

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also act with caution.

2012年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

For earned media, such marketers act as the initiator for users' responses.

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.

2010年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism."

2019年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects'behavior.

2010年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

similarly, the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

2011年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an "official act".

2017年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Such dimensions of reading suggest 一 as others introduced later in the book will also do 一 that we bring an implicit agenda to any act of reading.

2015年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

2010年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

2012年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

  • 2. something that people do or cause to happen

  • 3. a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

  • 4. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

    "he did his act three times every evening"

    "she had a catchy little routine"

    "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

  • 5. a manifestation of insincerity;

    "he put on quite an act for her benefit"

Verb
  • 1. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

    "think before you act"

    "We must move quickly"

    "The governor should act on the new energy bill"

    "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

  • 2. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;

    "You should act like an adult"

    "Don't behave like a fool"

    "What makes her do this way?"

    "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

  • 3. play a role or part;

    "Gielgud played Hamlet"

    "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"

    "She played the servant to her husband's master"

  • 4. discharge one's duties;

    "She acts as the chair"

    "In what capacity are you acting?"

  • 5. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

    "He acted the idiot"

    "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

  • 6. be suitable for theatrical performance;

    "This scene acts well"

  • 7. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

    "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"

    "How does your idea work in practice?"

    "This method doesn't work"

    "The breaks of my new car act quickly"

    "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

  • 8. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

  • 9. behave unnaturally or affectedly;

    "She's just acting"

  • 10. perform on a stage or theater;

    "She acts in this play"

    "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"

    "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

同義詞辨析

act, action, deed, operation, performance

這些名詞均含"行為,行動(dòng)"之意。

  • act:一般指具體的、短暫的或個(gè)別的行為,強(qiáng)調(diào)行為的完成及其效果。
  • action:普通用詞,著重行動(dòng)的過(guò)程。
  • deed:較莊重用詞,除泛指各種行為外,還可用于指某種高尚或偉大的行為,故常譯作"功績(jī),業(yè)績(jī)"。
  • operation:多指一連串行動(dòng)或行為的完成方式。
  • performance:主要指行動(dòng)的方式方法。

law, constitution, regulation, code, rule, act

這些名詞均有"法同,法規(guī)"之意。

  • law: 普通用詞,泛指由最高當(dāng)局所制訂、立法機(jī)構(gòu)所通過(guò)的任何成文或不成文的法規(guī)或條例。
  • constitution: 指治理國(guó)家或國(guó)家在處理內(nèi)外政務(wù)時(shí)所遵循的基本法律和原則;也指規(guī)章規(guī)則的匯集。
  • regulation: 普通用詞,指用于管理、指導(dǎo)或控制某系統(tǒng)或組織的規(guī)則、規(guī)定或原則等。
  • code: 指某一階層或社會(huì)所遵守的一整套法典、法規(guī)或法則;也可指與某一特殊活動(dòng)或主題有關(guān)的規(guī)則。
  • rule: 通常指機(jī)關(guān)、團(tuán)體的規(guī)章、條例或比賽規(guī)則;也指對(duì)人行為、方法等所作的規(guī)定,還可指習(xí)俗所承認(rèn)的規(guī)定。
  • act: 指經(jīng)立法機(jī)構(gòu)通過(guò)并由行政管理簽署的法案。

同義詞

n.法案,法令

law

vi.假裝

pretend

vi.行動(dòng);表演

behaveperformdo

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