Act
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解釋/意思:
(noun.) something that people do or cause to happen.
(noun.) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet.
(noun.) a manifestation of insincerity; 'he put on quite an act for her benefit'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; 'He acted the idiot'; 'She plays deaf when the news are bad'.
(verb.) discharge one's duties; 'She acts as the chair'; 'In what capacity are you acting?'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) perform on a stage or theater; 'She acts in this play'; 'He acted in `Julius Caesar''; 'I played in `A Christmas Carol''.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure.
(verb.) be suitable for theatrical performance; 'This scene acts well'.
昌西整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
(n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
(n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
(n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
(n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
(n.) A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
(n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
(v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
(v. t.) To perform; to execute; to do.
(v. t.) To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
(v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
(v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
(v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
(v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
(v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
(v. i.) To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
手打:尼尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a purpose, be in action.[2]. Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.[3]. Operate, have influence.
v. a. [1]. Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.[2]. Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part of.
n. [1]. Deed (viewed as a single exertion of power), ACTION, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement, turn.[2]. Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.[3]. Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.
凯西整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Deed, performance, action, movement, proceeding, exercise, operation, play
ANT:Inaction, rest, repose, cessation, suspension, quiet, immobility, inertia,quiescence, Action,[See ACT]
丹尼校對
解釋/意思:
v.i. to exert force or influence: to produce an effect: to behave one's self: to feign.—v.t. to perform: to imitate or play the part of.—n. something done or doing: an exploit: the very process of doing something: a law or decision of a prince or legislative body: an instrument in writing for verification: (theol.) something done once for all in opposition to a work: a distinct section of a play: in universities a public disputation or lecture maintained by a candidate for a degree.—n. Act′ing action: act of performing an assumed or a dramatic part: feigning.—adj. performing some duty temporarily or for another.—n. Act′or one who acts: a stage-player:—fem. Act′ress.—Act of God a result of natural forces unexpected and not preventable by human foresight.—In act to on the very point of doing something.—To act on to act in accordance with; To act up to to come up in practice to some expected standard: to fulfil.
手打:萨曼莎
例句/造句/用法:
- That natural selection generally act with extreme slowness I fully admit. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- By this act I was appointed one of the commissioners for disposing of the money, sixty thousand pounds. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- He would act for her and release her. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Some of the restrictions of that Act amaze us to-day. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Remember what you have seen and heard--draw what conclusions YOU like--act as you please. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The statesman acts in part as an intermediary between the experts and his constituency. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They fulfill their destiny in issuing, later on, into specific and perceptible acts. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But other generations will arise, and ever and for ever will continue, to be made happier by our present acts, to be glorified by our valour. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- These were the opening acts of an active and aggressive career. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Abu Bekr was a man without doubts, his beliefs cut down to acts cleanly as a sharp knife cuts. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Out of experience come warrings, the conflict of opinions and acts within the individual and between individuals. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This is what one gets by acting with principle. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The best faculties of man are employed for futurity: speaking is better than acting, writing is better than speaking. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- To identify acting with an aim and intelligent activity is enough to show its value--its function in experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The net conclusion is that acting with an aim is all one with acting intelligently. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- I might act the benevolent with them, but acting is not my _forte_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- We acted with the best intentions. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- At last I had to say to General Thomas that I should be obliged to remove him unless he acted promptly. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But I had acted enough for one evening; it was time I retired into myself and my ordinary life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The lime was added as a flux, and acted to unite with itself the sand, clay and other impurities to form a slag or scoria. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He certainly acted on very short notice. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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