act
美 [ækt]
英 [.eɪ siː 'tiː] 
- n.行为;行动;法令;假装
- v.行动;做事;起作用;假装
- abbr.同“Association of Classroom Teachers”
- 网络动作游戏;动作(action);表演
词形变化
复数:acts 现在分词:acting 过去式:acted 同义词
英汉双解
作为sth that sb does
1. | [c] 行为;行动;所为a particular thing that sb does |
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| The murder was the act of a psychopath. 这次谋杀是精神变态者所为。 |
法律law
2. | [c] (议会通过的)法案,法令a law that has been passed by a parliament |
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| the Banking Act 2009 《 2009 银行法案》 |
假装pretending
3. | [sing] 假装a way of behaving that is not sincere but is intended to have a particular effect on others |
| Don't take her seriously─it's all an act. 别跟她认真,这全是假戏一场。 |
| You could tell she was just putting on an act . 你可以看出,她是在装模作样。 |
戏剧;娱乐in play/entertainment
4. | [c] (戏剧、歌剧等的)一幕one of the main divisions of a play, an opera , etc. |
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| The hero dies in Act 5, Scene 3. 男主角在第 5 幕第 3 场死去。 |
5. | [c] 一段表演one of several short pieces of entertainment in a show |
| a circus/comedy/magic act 马戏╱喜剧╱魔术表演 |
6. | [c] 表演者;音乐人组合a performer or group of musicians |
| They were one of rock's most impressive live acts. 他们是最富感染力的现场表演摇滚乐组合之一。 |
做某事do sth
1. | [i] 做事;行动to do sth for a particular purpose or in order to deal with a situation |
| It is vital that we act to stop the destruction of the rainforests. 至关紧要的是,我们应当采取行动制止破坏雨林。 |
| The girl's life was saved because the doctors acted so promptly. 多亏医生行动迅速,女孩的生命得救了。 |
| He claims he acted in self-defence. 他声称他是出于自卫。 |
行为behave
2. | [i] 表现得to behave in a particular way |
| John's been acting very strangely lately. 近来约翰的行为怪得很。 |
| Stop acting like spoilt children! 别再像惯坏的孩子那样胡闹了! |
| She was acting as if she'd seen a ghost. 她的行为举止像是见到幽灵一般。 |
假装pretend
3. | [i] 假装to pretend by your behaviour to be a particular type of person |
| He's been acting the devoted husband all day. 他整天装作模范丈夫的样子。 |
| I decided to act dumb. 我决定装傻。 |
戏剧╱电影表演perform in play/movie
4. | [i][t] 扮演(戏剧、电影中的角色)to perform a part in a play or film/movie |
| Have you ever acted? 你演过戏吗? |
| Most of the cast act well. 这出戏大多数演员演得不错。 |
| Who's acting (the part of) Hamlet? 谁演哈姆雷特(这个角色)? |
| The play was well acted. 这出戏演得不错。 |
起作用perform function
5. | [i] 充当;起作用to perform a particular role or function |
| Can you act as interpreter? 你能担任口译吗? |
| hormones in the brain that act like natural painkillers 大脑中起着天然止痛药作用的激素 |
有作用have effect
6. | [i] ~ (on sth) (对…)有作用,有影响to have an effect on sth |
| Alcohol acts quickly on the brain. 酒精对大脑迅速产生影响。 |
习惯用语
act of God
天灾;不可抗力(如风暴、洪水、地震)an event caused by natural forces beyond human control, such as a storm, a flood or an earthquake
be/get in on the act
参与;插一手to be/become involved in an activity that sb else has started, especially to get sth for yourself
do, perform, stage a disappearing/vanishing act
隐藏踪迹;潜踪隐迹to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you
get your act together
集中精力to organize yourself and your activities in a more effective way in order to achieve sth
| He needs to get his act together if he's going to pass. 要是他想合格,就必须集中精力。 |
a hard/tough act to follow
令人望尘莫及的人a person who is so good or successful at sth that it will be difficult for anyone else coming after them to be as good or successful
in the act (of doing sth)
正在(做某事);当场while you are doing sth
| He was caught in the act of stealing a car. 他偷汽车时被当场逮个正着。 |
英汉解释
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abbr. | 1. 同“Association of Classroom Teachers” 2. 同“American College Test” 3. 同“Australian Capital Territory” |
英英解释
例句
Economically, it continues to be seen as a collection of vastly diverse states, no more able to act as a single unit than, say, Africa.
从经济上讲,东盟仍被视为差距悬殊的国家的集合体,作为一个个体统一行动的能力比非洲强不到哪去。
It was during Anne's reign that the name great Britain came into being when in 1707, the Act of Union united England and Scotland.
正是安妮统治之1707年,大不列颠这个名称产生,《联合法》把英格兰和苏格兰统一起来。
AMANPOUR: And just to be clear, you're able to be in China and to act in China and to walk around and do your art and do all that blogging?
阿曼普尔:来暂且澄清一下,你能在中国生存,活动,且周游做艺术并发布博客?
Some have complained that the Mexican government did not act fast enough to identify this new bug and sound the alarm.
有些人抱怨墨西哥政府没能尽快鉴定出这种新病毒并发出预警。
He said that would ensure that the aircraft did not compromise national security, and complied with the Buy American Act.
他说,这就保证了这些飞机不会危及美国安全,并符合《买美国货法》(BuyAmericanAct)的规定。
The Pentagon warned the company, which had to act on its own.
五角大楼就以其自身经历警告过这家公司。
Any country of the Union which has signed this Act may ratify it, and, if it has not signed it, may accede to it.
本联盟任何国家已在本议定书上签字者,可以批准本议定书,未签字者可以加入本议定书。
Committing an act of cheating in the name of the Company and causing serious damage to the Company regulation.
利用公司名义在外招摇撞骗,致使本公司信誉蒙受重大损失者。
I love the aspects, so if you get an offer or a solution appears, you will have to be ready to act quickly.
我喜欢的方面,因此,如果你收到录用或解决方案中,您将必须准备迅速采取行动。
But don't act as if you know everything about the place.
但是不要表现出你对这个公司的一切都了如指掌。
G. Campbell Morgan put it this way: "Unbelief is an act of the will, while doubt is born out of a troubled mind and a broken heart. "
传道人坎伯摩根这样说道:“不信仰是意志力的产物,而怀疑孕育于烦扰的思绪和一颗破碎的心。”
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart, " said the lord, "What can I give you, in return for your brave act? "
“我从心底里感谢你,”君主说,“我能给你什么作为你勇敢作为的奖赏呢?”
While less expensive than personal training, the classes often act as a "feeder" for higher-end services, said the owner, Greg Justice.
尽管费用和私人健身中心相比会低,但是课堂通常称为了填鸭式的高端服务,老板格雷格.贾斯特斯说。
Nancy listened hard. She was hoping to hear the audience laughing loud and often . But she heard very little laughter during the first act.
南希仔细聆听。她希望听到观众大笑,经常。但她极少听到笑声在第一幕。
I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.
在《阳光照耀之地》前我没想要正经演戏的。
He said he plans to urge the commission to act more quickly.
他说自己准备敦促委员会加快行动。
But this time, the E. P. A. stepped in and in 2007 told him that he was out of compliance with the Clean Water Act.
但是这一次,环保局介入了,并在2007年告知他违反了清洁水法案。
It makes it harder for the stalker to have access to you, and that little act can actually increase your safety.
这样跟踪者就没有机会接近你,这个小小的改变可以切实提高你的安全系数。
Jesus was teaching that this was a private act of sacrificial worship that should not provide any room for religious pride.
耶稣教导我们禁食是属于个人私下的献上和敬拜,不应成为信仰上的骄傲。
"I felt it was something of a feminist act, which is, in retrospect, ridiculous, " she says.
“那时我把自己搞婚外情看做是伸张女权主义的行为,回过头想想,简直太愚蠢了,”她说到。
He needs to get his act together if he's going to pass.
要是他想合格,就必须集中精力。
The judge has to act within the competence of the court.
法官必须在法庭的权限范围内行使权力。
I hope you'll act up to the good advice I've given you.
我希望你将按照我给你的忠告办事。
Alice is always wanting to get in onthe act.
艾丽丝总想在这项活动中充当主要角色。
Roosevelt pondered Churchill's message in the letter for two days and then apparently resolved to act swiftly.
罗斯福对邱吉尔信中提到的问题沉思默想了两天,然后决心迅速采取行动。
The curtain had been raised on a new act.
新的一幕戏剧已经开演。
You should act towards others as you would wish them to act towards you.
要别人怎样对待你,你就应当永远那样对待别人。
The most important chemistry of dithianes, however, lies in their ability to act as a masked carbonyl group.
然而二硫杂环已烷的最重要的性质是它作为一个被掩蔽的羰基。
I had never really known how people would act when the ships were down.
我以前真的从来领会不到,到了危急关头,人们会怎样行动。
No blame is attached to his act.
他的行为无可非议。
It took a greater act of faith than I was capable of to believe that they would abide willingly by an inconclusive outcome.
我实在不敢相信他们会心甘情愿地承担一种尚未见最后分晓的后果。
My theme was constant, that the war had to be ended as an act of policy, not in response to demonstrations.
我的主题是始终如一的,那就是,战争的结束必须是一种政策行动而不是对示威的反应。
He began to think at once what he must do, how he must act to carry on his business, to rehabilitate himself.
他立即开始想到他应该怎么对付,怎么采取行动继续做生意,重建事业。
Do you think I should act as if I knew a lot about the business, or should I keep my mouth shut except when I am spoken to?
你以为我应当充内行仿佛对商业很懂才好呢,还是人家不问就闭口不言呢?
He stopped for a minute, for the mere act of speaking was fatiguing to him after the excitement of the last few weeks.
他说到这里,停了一停,因为经过最近几个星期的刺激,他连讲话的力气都没有了。
In her best moments she did not act.
在春风得意的时代,她是不必装模作样的。
Mrs. Penniman, with a degree of act that was as unusual as it was commendable, took the line of leaving her alone.
对于这一切,佩尼曼太太采取了不介入的态度,她的这种策略一反常态,倒是值得钦佩的。
Tom almost stammered, scarcely able to conceal his amazement and trying to act casual.
汤姆几乎话都说不清了,他难以掩饰自己的惊讶,竭力装得满不在乎。
"You reckon folks really act like that? " Bigger asked, full of the sense of a life he had never seen.
“你合计人们真这样干事情吗?”别格问,对一种他从未见过的生活很有感触。
If you could come down it would be an act of real friendship and also of charity.
如果你能到这里来,那不仅是真挚友谊的表现,也是一件大慈大悲的事。
We used to suffer and act as though everybody was against us.
我们总得憋着性子,好象人人都在跟我们闹别扭。
The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.
一切行动的后果都包括在行动本身里面。
The act of leaving a familiar existence for a strange and dangerous new one demands strength, courage and imagination.
离开熟悉的环境而到一个既陌生,又危险的新环境,这一举动需要力量,勇气和想象力。
I'll act as if nothing had happened.
我要装得若无其事的样子。
To act reason is more difficult than to hear reason.
照大道理办事要比听大道理更难。
The brakes wouldn't act, so there was an accident.
煞车不起作用(失灵)了,所以发生了车祸。
The murder was the act of a psychopath.
这次谋杀是精神变态者所为。
Accidental errors act sometimes in one and sometimes in another direction and by their very nature can't be predicted.
偶然误差,有时出现在这个方向,有时又出现在另一个方向,并且因其特有的性质而不可预测。
How was he to subdue her, when the very act of trapping her had failed to do so?
当捉捕她的行动已经丧失作用以后,他怎么才能制服她呢?
The brake did not act.
煞车不灵了。
That simple act delighted my daughter so much that she was full of joy all day.
那个简单的举动是如此地使我女儿高兴,以至于她高兴了一整天。
For a start, doodling isn't really a rebellious act at all, at least not any more.
首先,涂鸦其实根本不是一种反叛行为,至少现在不再是。
He searched in the dark until he found his wife. "Did I miss much of the second act? " he asked.
他在黑暗中找到妻子,问她:“第二幕戏我错过得多吗?”
If Congress isn't ready to take that step, it could at least give USDA the power to act and the FDA the funding it needs to do its job.
如果国会不准备作出行动,那么它应该至少授权美国农业部,给食品及药物管理局拨款,让它们来行使该行使的职能。
At this stage you could either develop your own simple beans to act as the model for your views, or import code available with this article.
这个阶段,你可以开发你自己的simplybean担当你视图的模型或者根据本文引入有用的代码。
Private television-news channels were taken off the air. For a decent seeming man, it was an act of political indecency.
对于这样一位貌似正经的人来说,这是一种卑鄙的政治行为。
Inevitably those who resist tackling climate change point to the global nature of emissions as a reason not to act.
不可避免的是,那些反对阻止气候变化的人会把碳排放的全球性当为无所作为的理由。
an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue; pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act.
一个总是准备着争论的、精力充沛的、过分自信的男孩;直接指向某个听众是一个武断的行为。
What your body starts to do is to act as a fat storage, which is not going to help you with your weight loss goals.
此时身体作为脂肪存储库,将不会助你实现减肥的目标。
With anger and irritation in his voice during his first speech, he said he was there to act, not talk.
在自己的第一次讲话中,他的声音充满了激愤,声称自己是来实干而不是空谈的。
He said "I wish I could" as though some great and ineluctable act of nature made it impossible for him to be seen publicly with me.
他说“我希望我可以”,像是他不可能与我公开出现是自然而然的重要与不可避免的。
This might not be the end of Charlie Sheen, but he'll have to clean up his act if he's ever going to be taken seriously again.
也许查理辛还没有完全出局,但是如果他希望别人再次重视他的话,那麽他就必须先改邪归正。
Tom almost stammered, scarcely able to conceal his amazement and trying to act casual.
汤姆几乎话都说不清了,他难以掩饰自己的惊讶,竭力装得满不在乎。
The report branded the system a failure and warned of severe public criticism of the Government if it did not act.
该报告指责现行医疗保障体系是失败的,并且警告政府如果不采取行动它会招致公众的严厉批评。
He gave brief televised remarks almost immediately, telling Russians that he believed the blast was a terrorist act.
他立马作了简短的电视讲话,告诉俄罗斯人,他相信这次爆炸是一次恐怖行动。
This may seem like a bit of a balancing act, but it is necessary for effective software delivery.
这看起来有点像在搞平衡,但是对于有效的软件交付来说是有必要的。
If the failure in Copenhagen can act as a wake-up call to the biodiversity community, that itself will have been a positive achievement.
如果哥本哈根的失败能够起到唤醒生物多样性界的作用,那么它本身就是一项积极的成就。
That was one of the few times that I saw him act like a father.
那一次是我看过他为数不多的表现得像父亲的一次。
She thought over this week after week, after the advent of Louise , trying to nerve herself to the point where she could speak or act.
露意丝来过之后,她接连把这事想过几个礼拜,总想能够有勇气说几句话,或者简直行动起来。
To his disappointment, the young ladies who had never received military training before did not act as he had ordered but giggled.
令他失望的是,那些从未接受过军事训练的年轻女子只是哈哈地笑,没有遵守他的命令。
What we're doing might be called an act of hope.
我们今天的行动不妨称之为“希望之举”。
It is an act of faith, which is required today by all of us in restoring the free society.
今天,我们在从事恢复自由社会的事业中,也需要表示这种信任。
She arrested herself in the act of sitting.
她要坐而没坐下来。
You should consider other people before you act.
你在行动之前应当考虑到别人。
The thief was nobbled in the act.
那个小偷当场就被捉住了。
I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.
我已授权他在我外出时代理我的职务。
Very well, I shall now know how to act.
好啊,现在我可知道应该怎么应付了。
The time has cometo act.
采取行动的时机到了。
How ought I to act?
我应该怎么办呢?
When the cry of protest is sounded, there are those who will hear it and act.
当抗议的呼声传播开来的时候,有人会听见,有人会采取行动的。