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act AHD[ăkt] D.J.[ækt]K.K.[ækt]n.（名词）- The process of doing or performing something:过程：做或执行某事的过程：the act of thinking.思考的行为
- Something done or performed; a deed:行为：已做的事；一件事：a charitable act.善行
- A decisional product, such as a statute, decree, or enactment, delivered by a legislative or a judicial body.法案，法令：由立法或司法机关宣布的决策，如法规、命令或法律
- A formal written record of proceedings or transactions.备忘录，会议记录：备忘录或会议记录的正式书面记录
- One of the major divisions of a play or an opera.幕：戏剧或歌剧的主要片段
- A theatrical performance that forms part of a longer presentation:短节目：组成较长演出部分的舞台节目：a juggling act.杂耍节目
- A manifestation of intentional or unintentional insincerity; a pose:装腔作势，假装：有意或无意的虚伪性的流露；造作：put on an act.装腔作势；装模作样
v.（动词）act.ed, act.ing, acts v.tr.（及物动词）- To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of:扮演：担任…的角色；承担…的戏剧角色：She plans to act Lady Macbeth in summer stock.她计划在夏季剧团中扮演马克白夫人
- To perform (a role) on the stage:演戏：在舞台上演出（角色）：act the part of the villain.演反面角色
- To behave like or pose as; impersonate:假装：举止象…或装作…；模仿：Don't act the fool.不要装傻
- To behave in a manner suitable for:举止合宜：使举止与…相称：Act your age.举止与你年龄相称
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To behave or comport oneself:举动，举止：She acts like a born leader.她的举止象个天生的领导
- To perform in a dramatic role or roles.扮演，担当：戏剧角色中扮演
- To be suitable for theatrical performance:适合戏剧表演：This scene acts well.这个情景很适于舞台演出
- To behave affectedly or unnaturally; pretend.矫揉造作；假装：举止假装地或不自然地；装作
- To appear or seem to be:显得；似乎：看上去是或似乎是：The dog acted ferocious.这条狗看上去很凶
- To carry out an action:行动，运作：We acted immediately. The governor has not yet acted on the bill.我们马上行动。州长还没有按照法案行事
- To operate or function in a specific way:运作；反应：以特殊的方式运转或起作用：His mind acts quickly.他的头脑很灵活
- To serve or function as a substitute for another:充当；替代：作为他物的替代品：A coin can act as a screwdriver.硬币可充当螺丝起子
- To produce an effect:发生作用，产生影响：waited five minutes for the anesthetic to act.等了五分钟麻醉剂才起作用
act out - To perform in or as if in a play; dramatize:象表演：在戏剧中或似在戏剧中表演；戏剧化：act out a story.连说带比划地讲将故事
- To realize in action:在行动中实现，付诸行动：wanted to act out his theory.想在行动中实践他的理论
- To express (unconscious impulses, for example) in an overt manner without awareness or understanding.冲动行事：不知不觉中公开地表示（例如，无意识的冲动）
act up - To misbehave.行为不良
- To malfunction.发生故障
- Informal To become active or troublesome after a period of quiescence:【非正式用语】 疾病发作：一段时间的平静之后变得活跃或令人讨厌：My left knee acts up in damp weather. Her arthritis is acting up again.我的左膝一到阴湿天气就犯病。她的关节炎又犯了
be in on the act - To be included in an activity.参与：参加行动
clean up (one's) act【俚语】 - To improve one's behavior or performance.改进举止：改进某人的举止或表现
get into the act - To insert oneself into an ongoing activity, project, or situation.加入，参与：中途加入到进行中的活动、项目或形势
get (one's) act together【俚语】 - To get organized.组织起来，有头绪
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French acte 源自 古法语 acte
- from Latin āctus [a doing] 源自 拉丁语 āctus [行动]
- āctum [a thing done] āctum [已做的事]
- both from agere āct- [to drive, do] * see ag- 都源自 agere āct- [驱使，做] * 参见 ag-
ac'tabilʹity n.（名词）actʹable adj.（形容词）- The wordsact and action both mean "a deed" and "the process of doing.” However, other senses ofact, such as "a decision made by a legislative body" and of action, such as "habitual or vigorous activity" show that act tends to refer to a deed while action tends to refer to the process of doing. The demands of meaning or idiom will often require one word or the other:class act and class action, for example, are not interchangeable. In cases where either can be used, either is acceptable: myact (or action ) was premature. act 及 action 两者都表示“行为”和“行动的过程”。 然而，act 的其他释义，如“立法机关所做的决定”及 action 的其他释义， 如“惯常的或充满活力的活动”表明act 偏重于指行动而 action 偏重于指行动的过程。 由于意义和习语的需求，通常只能用其中的一个单词，如：class act（出类拔萃的人） 和 class action（共同起诉） 不能互换。 在二者皆可的情况下，二者可通用：我的行为 （或 行动 ）太草率
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