act

• vt. 扮演；装作，举动像
• vi. 行动；扮演，充当；表现，举止；假装，演戏；起作用，见效
• n. 行为，行动；法令，法案；（戏剧，歌剧的）一幕，段；装腔作势

来自词根ag, 做，见agenda. -t, 过去分词后缀。

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"

act

act: [14] Act, action, active, actor all go back to Latin agere ‘do, perform’ (which is the source of a host of other English derivatives, from agent to prodigal). The past participle of this verb was āctus, from which we get act, partly through French acte, but in the main directly from Latin. The Latin agent noun, āctor, came into the language at about the same time, although at first it remained a rather uncommon word in English, with technical legal uses; it was not until the end of the 16th century that it came into its own in the theatre (player had hitherto been the usual term).

Other Latin derivatives of the past participial stem āct- were the noun āctiō, which entered English via Old French action, and the adjective āctīvus, which gave English active. See also ACTUAL.
=> action, active, agent, cogent, examine, prodigal

act (n.)

late 14c., "a thing done," from Old French acte "(official) document," and directly from Latin actus "a doing, a driving, impulse; a part in a play, act," and actum "a thing done," originally a legal term, both from agere "to do, set in motion, drive, urge, chase, stir up," from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move" (cognates: Greek agein "to lead, guide, drive, carry off," agon "assembly, contest in the games," agogos "leader;" Sanskrit ajati "drives," ajirah "moving, active;" Old Norse aka "to drive;" Middle Irish ag "battle").

Theatrical ("part of a play," 1510s) and legislative (early 15c.) senses of the word also were in Latin. Meaning "display of exaggerated behavior" is from 1928. In the act "in the process" is from 1590s, perhaps originally from the 16c. sense of the act as "sexual intercourse." Act of God "uncontrollable natural force" recorded by 1726.

An act of God is an accident which arises from a cause which operates without interference or aid from man (1 Pars. on Cont. 635); the loss arising wherefrom cannot be guarded against by the ordinary exertions of human skill and prudence so as to prevent its effect. [William Wait, "General Principles of the Law," Albany, 1879]

act (v.)

mid-15c., "to act upon or adjudicate" a legal case; 1590s in the theatrical sense, from Latin actus, past participle of agere (see act (n.)). To act up "be unruly" is from 1903. To act out "behave anti-socially" (1974) is from psychiatric sense of "expressing one's unconscious impulses or desires." Related: Acted; acting.

act, action, deed, operation, performance

这些名词均含"行为，行动"之意。

act：一般指具体的、短暂的或个别的行为，强调行为的完成及其效果。

action：普通用词，着重行动的过程。

deed：较庄重用词，除泛指各种行为外，还可用于指某种高尚或伟大的行为，故常译作"功绩，业绩"。

operation：多指一连串行动或行为的完成方式。

performance：主要指行动的方式方法。

law, constitution, regulation, code, rule, act

这些名词均有"法同，法规"之意。

law： 普通用词，泛指由最高当局所制订、立法机构所通过的任何成文或不成文的法规或条例。

constitution： 指治理国家或国家在处理内外政务时所遵循的基本法律和原则；也指规章规则的汇集。

regulation： 普通用词，指用于管理、指导或控制某系统或组织的规则、规定或原则等。

code： 指某一阶层或社会所遵守的一整套法典、法规或法则；也可指与某一特殊活动或主题有关的规则。

rule： 通常指机关、团体的规章、条例或比赛规则；也指对人行为、方法等所作的规定，还可指习俗所承认的规定。

act： 指经立法机构通过并由行政管理签署的法案。

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

acts of terrorism

恐怖行动

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an act of kindness

善行

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Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.

当尼尔从后面走过来时，肯正在付账。

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The Government should get its act together...

政府应该集中力量。

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We have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.

我们必须把劲儿往一处使——我们得组织起来。

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He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...

他表现得好像对此毫不知情。

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He acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.

他在船上为水手们兼作外科医生和牧师。

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...the Cunard Princess, which acted as a support ship for American forces.

用作美军支援船的公主号冠达邮轮

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Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...

克里斯检查记录时故作震惊状。

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Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.

肯沃西努力表现得不像个警察。

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...the law firm that acted for Diana during her marriage split...

在戴安娜婚姻破裂期间为她做代理的法律事务所

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Because we travelled so much, Sam and I asked a broker to act on our behalf.

由于我们经常游历在外，我和萨姆便请了一位经纪人代表我们处理事务。

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He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system...

他正在服用一种危险的药物：这种药物能很快影响到中枢神经系统。

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A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.

催眠师能直接作用于无意识思维。

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She confessed to her parents her desire to act...

她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。

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She acted in her first film when she was 13 years old.

13岁时她出演了她的电影处女作。

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Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading...

阅读行为中关键在于对语言的理解。

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My insurance excludes acts of sabotage and damage done by weapons of war.

我购买的保险对于蓄意损坏以及战争中武器造成的损坏不予赔偿。

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There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?...

有时我很困惑：她这么做是故意的吗？难道一切都只是一场游戏，是逢场作戏？

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His anger was real. It wasn't an act.

他是真的生气了，不是在摆样子。

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...an Act of Parliament.

议会法案

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Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed...

第二幕里有我看过的最搞笑的场面之一。

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This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts...

今年除了那些搞笑短剧外，还会有众多乐队登台献艺。

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The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.

那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着。

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The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.

该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。

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In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.

20世纪70年代，急于分一杯羹的柯达公司推出了自己的拍立得相机。

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The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism...

警方采取行动制止猖狂的打砸抢行为时有多人丧生。

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I do not doubt that the bank acted properly.

我毫不怀疑银行的处理方式是妥当的。

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A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice and act on it.

患者通常都会遵照医嘱行事。

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...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...

一伙形迹可疑的年轻人

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