| 单词 | act |
| 释义 | act I. 1. a. < one of the first acts of the new commission > < if some understanding of the act is not present, comment on the result may well be irrelevant — Ronald Bottrall > < an act of folly > b. law < the effect may be negative, in which case the act is properly described as a “forbearance” — T.E.Holland > c. psychology (1) (2) d. sociology 2. in Scholasticism 3. often capitalized < an act of Congress > sometimes 4. < caught in the act > < they were always on the verge, or in the act, of civil war — G.L.Dickinson > 5. often capitalized < given as my free act and deed > < Acts of the Apostles > < the following section is added to the Act of December 22, 1928, supra — U.S. Code > 6. a. b. (1) (2) < common sense dictates that flying-trapeze acts work over nets > c. (1) < to do the neglected-wife act > (2) < his iconoclasm became a trademark and an act — Time > < put on an act that deceived nobody > 7. 8. • - in act - into the act II. transitive verb 1. obsolete < self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul — Alexander Pope > 2. archaic < had Satan been able to have acted anything by force — Daniel Defoe > 3. a. < I could have acted what swept through me then — Mary Austin > < he is handsome and he can act neurotic intensity — E.R.Bentley > b. < beautifully staged and admirably acted > < acting the part of Ophelia > < every company that acts that operetta has the time of its life — Virgil Thomson > c. < act dismay > < acted a reluctance he did not feel > 4. a. < acted Desdemona > < acting, as usual, a crotchety octogenarian > b. < act the man of the world > < contentedly act a self-sacrificing mother > c. < act your age > intransitive verb 1. a. < frequently acts in his own plays > < she began acting as a child of eight > b. < wanted people who would be behaving rather than acting — New Yorker > < watching closely, one had a feeling that she was acting > 2. < to think carefully before acting > < called on the government to act quickly > < in a position to act in the light of experience — London Calling > < found the truth too unbearable to face, much less to act upon — Hamilton Basso > 3. < to be judged by the way one acts > < acted with becoming modesty > < act like a fool > < acted as if he felt ill > — often used with an adjective complement < acted tired > < act superior > 4. < declaring what officer shall then act as President — U.S. Constitution > < appointed by the chairman to act for him > < acted in this capacity throughout the winter > < trees left standing to act as a windbreak > 5. a. < the gas appears to act principally by causing pain — H.G.Armstrong > < forms of magic … which are supposed to act at a distance — J.G.Frazer > — often used with on < caused by acid acting on metal > < abnormal stimuli, acting on a neurotic temperament — V.L.Parrington > b. < the brake sometimes acts too quickly > < wait for a medicine to act > 6. of a play < this play acts as well as it reads > 7. < adjourned with several important matters still not acted on > Synonyms: < the child acted strangely when his teacher called > < how does the chemical act when mixed with water? > < the automobile acted all right on the trip > behave commonly applies to persons and, in that application, commonly implies a standard of what is right, proper, or decorous < behaved in a decent and polite way > but has come also to apply more generally as more or less interchangeable with act < how does the car behave on long trips? > < how the thyroid gland behaves under emotional excitement > < a study of how groups behave under war conditions > function, operate, and work agree in meaning to act in a way natural or intended < when the fuse blew, the electric stove ceased to function > < under the strain of fatigue his brain refused to operate > < the clock no longer works > function emphasizes the activity itself for which a thing exists or is designed, sometimes also applying to activity that is official or as if official < in order to function, man's organism requires a specific temperature, a specific quality of climate, air, light, humidity, and food — Siegfried Giedion > < they have functioned as observers rather than participants — J.M.Brown > operate sometimes emphasizes more the degree of efficiency of the activity < the device for lifting heavy objects did not operate to anyone's satisfaction > < if the machine is kept oiled, it will operate smoothly > work emphasizes the degree of success or effectiveness of the activity < the plan for promoting money did not work and so was not tried again > < the faucet, partly plugged with rust, did not work well > react, as the etymology would imply, generally suggests action in response or with reciprocal or counteractive effect < he had found that laboratory animals reacted to tests with the chemical by showing various forms of mental disturbances — Current Biography > < we lived there blissfully happy, reacting upon one another, stimulating one another — W.A.White > although it has come to be often almost interchangeable with act or behave < at this threat the civil service reacted in the way which is always open to any civil service, under any regime — C.P.Fitzgerald > especially in a desired way < children react under kind treatment > • - act a part - act the part III. 1. 2. 3. 4. IV. 1. 2. < a hard act to follow > |
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