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n.  行为; 行动; 所为; (议会通过的)法案，法令; 假装
v.  做事; 行动; 行为; 举止; 假装
act的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 做事;行动
  When youact, you do something for a particular purpose.
  1. The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism...
     警方采取行动制止猖狂的打砸抢行为时有多人丧生。
  2. I do not doubt that the bank acted properly.
     我毫不怀疑银行的处理方式是妥当的。
• VERB 遵照…行动；奉行
  If youact onadvice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested.
  1. A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice and act on it.
     患者通常都会遵照医嘱行事。
• VERB 举止;表现
  If someoneactsin a particular way, they behave in that way.
  1. ...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...
     一伙形迹可疑的年轻人
  2. He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...
     他表现得好像对此毫不知情。
  3. Open wounds act like a magnet to flies.
     裸露的伤口很招苍蝇。
• VERB 起作用;充当
  If someone or somethingacts asa particular thing, they have that role or function.
  1. He acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.
     他在船上为水手们兼作外科医生和牧师。
  2. ...the Cunard Princess, which acted as a support ship for American forces.
     用作美军支援船的公主号冠达邮轮
• VERB 假装;故作
  If someoneactsin a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not.
  1. Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...
     克里斯检查记录时故作震惊状。
  2. Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.
     肯沃西努力表现得不像个警察。
• VERB 代理；代表
  When professionals such as lawyersact foryou, oract onyourbehalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter.
  1. ...the law firm that acted for Diana during her marriage split...
     在戴安娜婚姻破裂期间为她做代理的法律事务所
  2. Because we travelled so much, Sam and I asked a broker to act on our behalf.
     由于我们经常游历在外，我和萨姆便请了一位经纪人代表我们处理事务。
• VERB 影响；作用于
  If a force or substanceacts onsomeone or something, it has a certain effect on them.
  1. He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system...
     他正在服用一种危险的药物：这种药物能很快影响到中枢神经系统。
  2. A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.
     催眠师能直接作用于无意识思维。
• VERB 表演；演（戏）；出演（角色）
  If youact, oracta part in a play or film, you have a part in it.
  1. She confessed to her parents her desire to act...
     她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。
  2. She acted in her first film when she was 13 years old.
     13岁时她出演了她的电影处女作。
• N-COUNT 行为；行动
  Anactis a single thing that someone does.
  1. Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading...
     阅读行为中关键在于对语言的理解。
  2. My insurance excludes acts of sabotage and damage done by weapons of war.
     我购买的保险对于蓄意损坏以及战争中武器造成的损坏不予赔偿。
• N-SING 装模作样;装腔作势
  If you say that someone's behaviour is anact, you mean that it does not express their real feelings.
  1. There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?...
     有时我很困惑：她这么做是故意的吗？难道一切都只是一场游戏，是逢场作戏？
  2. His anger was real. It wasn't an act.
     他是真的生气了，不是在摆样子。
• N-COUNT 法案；法令；条例
  AnActis a law passed by the government.
  1. ...an Act of Parliament.
     议会法案
• N-COUNT （戏剧、歌剧、芭蕾舞剧等的）幕
  Anactin a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided.
  1. Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed...
     第二幕里有我看过的最搞笑的场面之一。
• N-COUNT （演出中的）短节目
  Anactin a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show.
  1. This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts...
     今年除了那些搞笑短剧外，还会有众多乐队登台献艺。
• PHRASE 当场抓住；抓现行
  If youcatchsomeonein the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime.
  1. The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.
     那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着。
• PHRASE 改邪归正；重新做人
  If someone who has been behaving badlycleans uptheiract, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way.
  1. The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
     该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。
• PHRASE （为了得到好处等）参与，插一手
  If youget in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
  1. In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
     20世纪70年代，急于分一杯羹的柯达公司推出了自己的拍立得相机。
• PHRASE 正在做…
  You say that someone wasin the act ofdoing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted.
  1. Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.
     当尼尔从后面走过来时，肯正在付账。
• PHRASE 全力以赴；集中精力；劲儿往一处使
  If yougetyouract together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively.
  1. The Government should get its act together...
     政府应该集中力量。
  2. We have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.
     我们必须把劲儿往一处使——我们得组织起来。
• toactone'sage→ see:age

英英释义

noun

• a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
  Synonym:Acts of the Apostles

双语例句

• We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes.
  我们发现自己陷入了雇佣法案的圈套之中，因为它们并不能帮助解决劳资争端。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.
  摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。
• They are capable of the most heinous acts.
  他们能做出最邪恶的事情。
• Once you cross over the thin line to acts of lawlessness, who knows where it stops?
  一旦你越过雷池开始干违法的事，谁知道哪里是个头呢？
• Alcohol acts as a diuretic, making you even more dehydrated.
  酒起着利尿剂的作用，会使你更加脱水。
• They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.
  他们因存在严重猥亵行为而被判有罪。
• Every time it rains, our car acts up.
  每当下雨，我们的车就失灵。
• If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
  要是各行其是，那就乱套了。
• A number of churches were sacked and sacrilegious acts committed.
  很多教堂都被洗劫一空，而且作出了诸多渎神之举。
• One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context
  人们也能看出具体行为是如何与时空相关联的。