| 释义 |
action noun—行动 n (almost always used)Examples:counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action—decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action—lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation—sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)—wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc—action at a distance (e.g. gravitational force)—lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action—adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)—(at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action—(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state—large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy—fig. inciting people action is more effective than dispatching orders—People's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore)—rise to action with a determined shake of the arms—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action—add firewood put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse—eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action—lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action—good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")—(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability discern or detect)—auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)—agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation—guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action—classifier for the number of repetitions of an action e.g. reading a book twice or three times—wait for the opportune moment before taking action [idiom.]—classifier for the frequency or number of times an action or deed is carried out - mostly used in idiomatic phrases— |