act的过去式是：acted。act的词语用法是n.(名词)act的基本意思是“行为,行动”,指时间较短的具体的“行为”,此行为可以由个人、群体或不具人格的实体来完成,而且不受动机、性质或结果的限制,具有单一性及完满性。act 也可用于和思想或言语相对照的“行动”。act【近义词】accomplishment。
一、详尽释义点此查看act的详细内容
二、英英释义
"he did his act three times every evening"
"she had a catchy little routine"
"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
"he put on quite an act for her benefit"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"She acts as the chair"
"In what capacity are you acting?"
"He acted the idiot"
"She plays deaf when the news are bad"
"This scene acts well"
"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"
"She's just acting"
"She acts in this play"
"He acted in `Julius Caesar'"
"I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
三、词典解释
1.做事;行动
When youact, you do something for a particular purpose.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2.遵照…行动；奉行
If youact on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested.
e.g. A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice andact on it.
患者通常都会遵照医嘱行事。
3.举止;表现
If someoneacts in a particular way, they behave in that way.
e.g. ...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...
一伙形迹可疑的年轻人
e.g. He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...
他表现得好像对此毫不知情。
4.起作用;充当
If someone or somethingacts as a particular thing, they have that role or function.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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
5.假装;故作
If someoneacts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not.
e.g. Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...
克里斯检查记录时故作震惊状。
e.g. Kenworthy had tried not toact the policeman.
肯沃西努力表现得不像个警察。
6.代理；代表
When professionals such as lawyersact for you, oract on yourbehalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter.
e.g. ...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
e.g. Because we travelled so much, Sam and I asked a broker toact 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。
7.影响；作用于
If a force or substanceacts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them.
e.g. He's taking a dangerous drug: itacts 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。
e.g. A hypnotist canact upon the unconscious mind directly.
催眠师能直接作用于无意识思维。
8.表演；演（戏）；出演（角色）
If youact, oract a part in a play or film, you have a part in it.
e.g. She confessed to her parents her desire toact...
她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。
e.g. 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。
9.行为；行动
Anact is a single thing that someone does.
act的解释
e.g. Language interpretation is the whole point of theact of reading...
阅读行为中关键在于对语言的理解。
e.g. 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。
10.装模作样;装腔作势
If you say that someone's behaviour is anact, you mean that it does not express their real feelings.
e.g. There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, anact?...
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？
e.g. His anger was real. It wasn't anact.
他是真的生气了，不是在摆样子。
11.法案；法令；条例
AnAct is a law passed by the government.
e.g. ...anAct of Parliament.
议会法案
12.（戏剧、歌剧、芭蕾舞剧等的）幕
Anact in a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided.
e.g. 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。
13.（演出中的）短节目
Anact in a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show.
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e.g. 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。
14.当场抓住；抓现行
If youcatch someonein the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime.
e.g. The men were caught in theact of digging up buried explosives.
那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着。
15.改邪归正；重新做人
If someone who has been behaving badlycleans up theiract, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way.
e.g. The nation's advertisers need to clean up theiract.
该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。
16.（为了得到好处等）参与，插一手
If youget in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
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e.g. In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on theact, 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。
17.正在做…
You say that someone wasin the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted.
e.g. Ken was in theact 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。
18.全力以赴；集中精力；劲儿往一处使
If youget youract together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively.
e.g. The Government should get itsact together...
政府应该集中力量。
e.g. We have to get ouract together — we have to organize ourselves.
我们必须把劲儿往一处使——我们得组织起来。
19. toact one's age -> see age
toact the fool -> see fool
相关词组：act outact up
四、例句
It is an act of kindness to help a blind man across the street.
帮助盲人过街是慈善的行为。
This act had to get a strong support from them.
这个行动必须得到他们的大力支持。
In 1601, Parliament passed an act, which aimed to provide the poor with more jobs.
1601年,国会通过了一项旨在向贫困群体提供更多工作机会的法案。
Don't take her seriously--it's all an act.
别跟她认真--完全是装腔作势。
Think well before you act.
要三思而后行。
They still act like college kids.
他们的举止还有很浓的学生气。
John's been acting very strangely lately.
近来约翰的行为怪得很。
I decided to act dumb.
我决定装哑。
Act interested even if you're bored.
即使你觉得厌烦，也假装有兴趣。
Now let's act out the model dialogue.
现在让我们表演一下示范对话。
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
I volunteered to act as chauffeur.
我自愿充当汽车司机.
Alcohol acts on the nervous system.
酒精对神经系统有影响。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Victorious deeds Flam'd in my heart, heroic acts.
出自：MiltonHad Satan been able to have acted anything by force.
出自：Defoe七、词源解说
act的相关近义词
accomplishment、achievement、action、deed、exploit、feat、move、performance、step、bill、degree、edict、law、measure、ordinance、resolution、statute、routine、fake、pose、pretense、commit oneself、do it、do、execute、function、move、operate、perform、press on、put forth、behave、work、enact、impersonate、play、represent
act的相关反义词
inaction、inactivity、stay、put off
act的相关临近词