act

释义

n.行为，行动; 法案; （戏剧等）一幕; 表演; 假装; 演出者v.行动，表现; 奉行; 假装; 扮演（角色）; 充当; 起作用; 代表

大小写变形: ACT

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 ;

实用场景例句

Neil approached Ken from behind just as he was completing the act of settling his bill.

尼尔刚走近肯身后时，他正在完成结账的动作。

金山词霸

The government needs to act decisively by combining resources and targeting key initiatives.

政府需要通过整合资源并瞄准关键举措来果断采取行动。

金山词霸

United effort is vital—we need to accomplish seamless collaboration through collective act.

团结努力至关重要——我们需要通过集体行动实现无缝协作。

金山词霸

He continued to act as though he was completely unaware of the situation.

他继续表现得好像对情况完全不知情。

金山词霸

Assuming the dual roles of the crew's physician and moral counselor, he performed his duties throughout the expedition.

他在整个探险期间履行了船队医生和道德顾问的双重职责。

金山词霸

The Cunard Princess served as a support vessel for U.S. military forces, acting in a crucial logistical role.

这艘冠达公主号邮轮扮演了重要后勤角色，为美国军队充当支援舰艇。

金山词霸

Gazing at the paperwork, Chris began to act as if he were completely stunned...

克里斯凝视着文件，开始表现得好像完全惊呆了。

金山词霸

Kenworthy strove not to act in the manner of a law enforcement official.

肯沃西努力不表现得像执法官员。

金山词霸

The legal team that acted on Diana's behalf amid her divorce proceedings disbanded.

在戴安娜离婚诉讼期间代表她的法律团队解散了。

金山词霸

Engaging an agent became necessary for Sam and me to act on our behalf during our numerous trips.

由于我们频繁出行，我和萨姆认为有必要聘请一位代理人来代表我们处理事务。

金山词霸

The potent substance he's consuming acts swiftly upon the brain and spinal cord, posing serious risks.

他正在服用的强效物质会迅速作用于大脑和脊髓，带来严重风险。

金山词霸

A hypnotist can act directly upon the subconscious mind.

催眠师能够直接作用于潜意识。

金山词霸

She confessed to both parents her burning desire to act in front of an audience.

她向父母双方坦承了自己渴望在观众面前表演的强烈愿望。

金山词霸

At the age of thirteen, the budding star acted in her debut screen performance.

这位新星在13岁时首次在银幕上表演。

金山词霸

Reading is fundamentally an act of language interpretation.

阅读本质上是一种语言理解的行为。

金山词霸

Deliberate acts of destruction caused by armed forces' weapons in wartime are not covered under my insurance policy.

战争期间武装部队武器造成的蓄意破坏行为不在我的保险政策承保范围内。

金山词霸

At times, I couldn't help wondering: did she deliberately stage this act, or was the whole scenario simply a facade, a pretense?...

时我不禁怀疑：她是故意策划这场戏，还是整个局面仅仅是一层表象，一场做作？

金山词霸

His genuine rage was no mere act of deception.

他真实的愤怒绝非欺骗的表演。

金山词霸

An act passed by the Parliament.

议会通过的一项法案。

金山词霸

The most uproarious scenes I witnessed were showcased in the second act.

第二幕中展示了我目睹过的最令人捧腹的场景。

金山词霸

The lineup for this year includes a variety of amusing acts, alongside an array of musical shows.

今年的演出阵容包含多种逗趣节目，同时还有一系列音乐表演。

金山词霸

Discovered in the act of digging up hidden explosives, the individuals were immediately detained by authorities.

这些人员在挖掘隐藏爆炸物的行为中被当局当场拘留。

金山词霸

Domestic marketing companies must act in accordance with ethical standards.

国内的营销公司必须按照道德标准行事。

金山词霸

Seizing the chance to act, Kodak launched its instant camera line in the 1970s.

抓住时机行动的柯达于20世纪70年代推出了其即时相机系列。

金山词霸

Law enforcement swiftly acted to curb rampant looting and property destruction, which led to multiple fatalities...

执法部门迅速采取行动遏制猖獗的抢劫和破坏财产行为，造成多人死亡...

金山词霸

The bank's act in addressing the issue was unquestionably fitting.

银行在处理此事的举动上无疑是合适的。

金山词霸

Patients commonly act in accordance with medical advice.

患者通常依照医疗建议行动。

金山词霸

A group of young people acting in a questionable manner

一群举止可疑的年轻人

金山词霸

真题例句

Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It caught us in the act, sent an alert to my smartphone, and also listed our RF interference on the system's event log.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they're getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc ( 临时的) taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel (精品酒店) as and when it suits them.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

It is essential that we act with integrity in order to build the kind of world in which we want to live.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

In mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, " the study reported

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier

出自-2011年12月听力原文

The way to complain is to act business-like and important.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

But can artificial intelligence AI machines act ethically, meaning can they be honest and fair?

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

So I have to act quickly.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

They are already on California roads, so it is not too soon to ask whether we can program a machine to act ethically.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense.

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

with the popularity of the car, registration became a must in 1903 with the Motor Car Act.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Moreover, nonparticipation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Each business acts its own way in green labeling.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

And perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Parents, teachers, even the kids themselves, scored the youngsters on measures like acting before thinking and persistence in reaching goals.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," says Dan Ariely, behavioural psychologist at Duke University.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to 27 trigger mental pictures helps people function quicker.

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

But students who surfed the web during class did worse on their exams regardless of their ACT scores, suggesting that even the academically smartest students are harmed when they're distracted in class.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

It was a symbolic act, indicating that under Grune's leadership, Reader's Digest was going to be different.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

It's the fastest-ever recovery of a mammal, joining peers like the Louisiana black bear as glowing successes in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Researchers used ACT scores as a measure of intellectual aptitude.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

They are the National Health Service and the 1948 National Assistance Act.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

According to the code, visitors should act with care and respect.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

Acts of generosity can change lives or just give you that warm feeling full of love.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Gossip also can have a third effect: It strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

He also won praise from social media users after Mr.Anderson posted about the act of kindness on Facebook.

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Her simple act landed parks in prison.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I read that people are more divided than ever, but that's not how the people I encounter tend to act.

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Kunqu society, the classical Chinese theater which combines singing, dancing and acting to literary works by masters of Ming and Qing dynasties, performing introduces four signature plays of Kunqu master Jiqing Zhang to American audiences.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 原文

Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Restarting antitrust for the information age will not be easy but if govemments don't wants a data oconomy by a few giants, they must act soon.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Rising above self and acting to help others.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Self expression there are many ways to express thoughts and ideas –music, acting, drawing, building, photography.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students to talk over what is bothering them.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文

The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting where schools except them to act as partners in their children's education.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

They are both passionate about acting and interested in people.

2017年高考英语天津卷 答案 选项

This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This small act will let your neighbors know that you care about the area.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Think twice before we act.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

We must act as quickly as possible now.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文

When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters, he'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not so easy as in dealing with adults.

出自-2009年考研翻译原文

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter， we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless； this allows us to think one way and act another.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

For earned media , such marketers act as the initiator for users’ responses.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public ( ' , including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and Sedition Acts.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

such dimensions of read suggest-as others introduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit ( ' , often unacknowledged) agenda to any act of reading.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act as useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act( ' , FCPA).

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

The high court’s decision said the judge in Mr.McDonnell’s trial failed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The basic compact underlying representative government, wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court,” assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an official act.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of physical feedback, that improve an individual's emotional state.

2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also act with caution.

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

For earned media, such marketers act as the initiator for users' responses.

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism."

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects'behavior.

2010年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

similarly, the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an "official act".

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Such dimensions of reading suggest 一 as others introduced later in the book will also do 一 that we bring an implicit agenda to any act of reading.

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

2. something that people do or cause to happen

3. a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

4. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

"he did his act three times every evening"

"she had a catchy little routine"

"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

5. a manifestation of insincerity;

"he put on quite an act for her benefit"

Verb

1. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

"think before you act"

"We must move quickly"

"The governor should act on the new energy bill"

"The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

2. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;

"You should act like an adult"

"Don't behave like a fool"

"What makes her do this way?"

"The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

3. play a role or part;

"Gielgud played Hamlet"

"She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"

"She played the servant to her husband's master"

4. discharge one's duties;

"She acts as the chair"

"In what capacity are you acting?"

5. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;

"He acted the idiot"

"She plays deaf when the news are bad"

6. be suitable for theatrical performance;

"This scene acts well"

7. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;

"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"

"How does your idea work in practice?"

"This method doesn't work"

"The breaks of my new car act quickly"

"The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

8. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

9. behave unnaturally or affectedly;

"She's just acting"

10. perform on a stage or theater;

"She acts in this play"

"He acted in `Julius Caesar'"

"I played in `A Christmas Carol'"