act

英式音标：act怎么读

美式音标：act怎么读

词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,高频词,基本词汇

近义词： law

act词义

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vt. 扮演；装作，举动像vi. 行动；扮演，充当；表现，举止；假装，演戏；起作用，见效n. 行为，行动；法令，法案；（戏剧，歌剧的）一幕，段；装腔作势

词态变化

复数: acts;第三人称单数: acts;过去式: acted;过去分词: acted;现在分词: acting;

中文词源

act 做

来自词根ag, 做，见agenda. -t, 过去分词后缀。

act双语例句

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1. He wants to act in concert with other nations.: 他想和其他国家采取一致行动。

2. Politicians across the political spectrum have denounced the act.: 各党派的政客们都对该行为表示谴责。

3. It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible.: 最重要的是他要做到尽可能自然。

4. There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.: 仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。

5. A patient will usually listen to the doctor'sadvice and act on it.: 患者通常都会遵照医嘱行事。

act英文词源

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act: act: [14] Act, action, active, actor all go back to Latin agere ‘do, perform’ (which is the source of a host of other English derivatives, from agent to prodigal). The past participle of this verb was āctus, from which we get act, partly through French acte, but in the main directly from Latin. The Latin agent noun, āctor, came into the language at about the same time, although at first it remained a rather uncommon word in English, with technical legal uses; it was not until the end of the 16th century that it came into its own in the theatre (player had hitherto been the usual term).

Other Latin derivatives of the past participial stem āct- were the noun āctiō, which entered English via Old French action, and the adjective āctīvus, which gave English active. See also ACTUAL.
=> action, active, agent, cogent, examine, prodigal
act (n.): late 14c., "a thing done," from Old French acte "(official) document," and directly from Latin actus "a doing, a driving, impulse; a part in a play, act," and actum "a thing done," originally a legal term, both from agere "to do, set in motion, drive, urge, chase, stir up," from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move" (cognates: Greek agein "to lead, guide, drive, carry off," agon "assembly, contest in the games," agogos "leader;" Sanskrit ajati "drives," ajirah "moving, active;" Old Norse aka "to drive;" Middle Irish ag "battle").

Theatrical ("part of a play," 1510s) and legislative (early 15c.) senses of the word also were in Latin. Meaning "display of exaggerated behavior" is from 1928. In the act "in the process" is from 1590s, perhaps originally from the 16c. sense of the act as "sexual intercourse." Act of God "uncontrollable natural force" recorded by 1726.
An act of God is an accident which arises from a cause which operates without interference or aid from man (1 Pars. on Cont. 635); the loss arising wherefrom cannot be guarded against by the ordinary exertions of human skill and prudence so as to prevent its effect. [William Wait, "General Principles of the Law," Albany, 1879]
act (v.): mid-15c., "to act upon or adjudicate" a legal case; 1590s in the theatrical sense, from Latin actus, past participle of agere (see act (n.)). To act up "be unruly" is from 1903. To act out "behave anti-socially" (1974) is from psychiatric sense of "expressing one's unconscious impulses or desires." Related: Acted; acting.

act实用场景例句

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acts of terrorism: 恐怖行动

an act of kindness: 善行

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。

The Government should get its act together...: 政府应该集中力量。

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。

He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...: 他表现得好像对此毫不知情。

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。

...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

Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...: 克里斯检查记录时故作震惊状。

Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.: 肯沃西努力表现得不像个警察。

...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

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。

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。

A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.: 催眠师能直接作用于无意识思维。

She confessed to her parents her desire to act...: 她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。

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。

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。

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。

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？

His anger was real. It wasn't an act.: 他是真的生气了，不是在摆样子。

...an Act of Parliament.: 议会法案

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...: 一伙形迹可疑的年轻人

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