| 单词 | to take action |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take action P2. to take action: to instigate legal proceedings; (more generally) to take steps in regard to any matter, to act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > act or do [verb (intransitive)] > take action or act towards a result to make moyen (also moyens)1449 not to lift a finger1529 to take action?1551 solicitate1572 to make a step or stepsa1628 to take a step or stepsa1628 ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 849/1 He would not suffer thys Deponent to take action against any of the..tenauntes. 1842 Rep. Senate Commonw. of Mass Feb. No. 63. 5 If any shall object to taking action upon this subject because custom contrary to law will not be unnoticed by our courts of justice [etc.]. 1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet I. vii. 140 Eleanor was young and untried, but her mind had a tolerable back-bone of stiffness when once aroused to take action. 1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth I. v. 279 Her Majesty's advisers, therefore, lost no time in taking fresh action consequent upon the publication of this Bull. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 301 So Joe starts telling the citizen about..taking action in the matter. 1961 Times 12 May 21/1 Did anybody, or a friendly Power, at any time..suggest that this man was a suspect,..and if so, what action was taken? 2002 Metro 20 Sept. (London ed.) 9/1 Finally, Microsoft is taking action to cut down spam bombarding its Hotmail e-mail addresses. < as lemmas |
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