单词 | action |
释义 | action /'aekjn; 'aekjan/ n 1 [U] process of doing things; movement; (way of) using energy, influence, etc: 行动; 动作; 做法; 作用: The time has come for ~, We must act now. 行动的时候到了。 A man of ~ is not content just to talk. 讲求行动的人不以空谈为满足。 bring/call sth into ~, cause it to operate. 使起作用; 使生效; 使操作。 put/set sth in ~, cause it to start acting. 实行; 开动。 put sth out of ~, stop it working; make it unfit for use. 使停止工作或活动; 使不适用。 take ~, begin to act. 开始行动; 采取行动。 '~ painting, form of abstract painting in which paint is splashed, dribbled, etc on to the canvas. 一种抽象画 (作画时以溅,泼,滴等手法着颜料于画布上); 泼墨画。 2 [C] thing done; act: 所作之事; 行为: We shall judge you by your ~s, not by your promises. 我们将凭你的作为, 而不以你的诺言来评判你。 She is impulsive in her ~s, does things impulsively. 她做事很冲动。 A~s speak louder than words. Doing sth is more convincing than talking about it. 行动比言论有力。 3 [C] a mechanism of a piano, gun or other instrument. (钢琴, 枪炮或其他器械的) 机械装置。 b manner of bodily movement, eg of a horse when jumping, of an athlete. 姿势; 姿态 (例如马跳跃时,运动员等所表现者) 。 4 [C] legal process. 诉讼。 bring an ~ against sb, seek judgement against him in a law court. 向法院提起诉讼控吿某人。 5 [U] fighting between bodies of troops, between warships, etc: (军队或兵舰等之间的) 战斗行动: go into ~, start fighting; 开始战斗; killed in ~; 阵亡; [C] instance of this: 战斗行动的实例: break off the ~, stop fighting. 停止战斗。 '~ stations, (mil) positions to which soldiers, etc go when fighting is expected to begin. (P) (即将开始作战时各士兵所应就的) 作战岗位。 ~able /-sb!; -sbl/ adj giving just cause for legal ~. 可控诉的。 |
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