act
act
英[ækt]美[ ækt]
n.行为，行动，法案，（戏剧等）一幕，表演，假装，演出者；
v.行动，表现，奉行，假装，扮演（角色），充当，起作用，代表；
复数：acts;
第三人称单数：acts;
过去式：acted;
过去分词：acted;
现在分词：acting;
例句
“Think still again,” he said,“and do not act rashly. The best of God’s gifts may be abused,and yet they are all good.”“再想一想吧,”他说,“不要鲁莽从事。上帝恩赐的精华可能会被滥用,可它们终究是好的。”
The question was so unexpected that, for a moment, she was at a loss how to act up properly.问题来得这么突然, 她一时不知道如何作出恰当的反应。
While they're playing scene two in front of the curtain, you can drop in the scenery for the next act.他们在幕前演第二场时, 你可以放下下一幕的布景。
As the chairman is ill, I'm asking Mr. Sharp to act for him.由于**患病, 我请夏普先生代理**一职。
an act of utter selfishness纯粹的自私之举
The Act confers powers of entry, search and seizure on the police.该法案授予**入室、搜查和扣押的权力。
Her five-year-old daughter likes to act up before scores of visitors.她那五岁的小女儿喜欢在很多的客人面前逞能。
The performance was rounded off with a one-act play.演出以一个独幕剧圆满结束。
She doesn't go on until Act Two.她要到第二幕才出场。
a quixotic act of chivalry表现出空想的骑士精神的行动
英语六级真题
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 CAccording 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 ABecause 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 BIt 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 CIt'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 AMoreover, 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 BResearchers 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 AThe 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 CThe impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BThey 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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
做事;行动
When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
例句
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。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。VERB
遵照…行动；奉行
If you act on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested.
例句
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。VERB
举止;表现
If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way.
例句
...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously...一伙形迹可疑的年轻人He acted as if he hadn't heard any of it...他表现得好像对此毫不知情。VERB
起作用;充当
If someone or something acts as a particular thing, they have that role or function.
例句
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。...the Cunard Princess, which acted as a support ship for American forces.用作美*支援船的公主号冠达邮轮VERB
假装;故作
If someone acts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not.
例句
Chris acted astonished as he examined the note...克里斯检查记录时故作震惊状。Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.肯沃西努力表现得不像个**。VERB
代理；代表
When professionals such as lawyers act for you, or act on your behalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter.
例句
...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。VERB
影响；作用于
If a force or substance acts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them.
例句
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。A hypnotist can act upon the unconscious mind directly.催眠师能直接作用于无意识思维。VERB
表演；演（戏）；出演（角色）
If you act, or act a part in a play or film, you have a part in it.
例句
She confessed to her parents her desire to act...她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。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。N-COUNT
行为；行动
An act is a single thing that someone does.
例句
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。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。N-SING
装模作样;装腔作势
If you say that someone's behaviour is an act, you mean that it does not express their real feelings.
例句
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？His anger was real. It wasn't an act.他是真的生气了，不是在摆样子。N-COUNT
法案；法令；条例
An Act is a law passed by the government.
例句
...an Act of Parliament.议会法案N-COUNT
（戏剧、歌剧、芭蕾舞剧等的）幕
An act in a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided.
例句
Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed...第二幕里有我看过的*搞笑的场面之一。N-COUNT
（演出中的）短节目
An act in a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show.
例句
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。PHRASE
当场抓住；抓现行
If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime.
例句
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。PHRASE
改邪归正；重新做人
If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way.
例句
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。PHRASE
（为了得到好处等）参与，插一手
If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
例句
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。PHRASE
正在做…
You say that someone was in the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted.
例句
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。PHRASE
全力以赴；集中精力；劲儿往一处使
If you get your act together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively.
例句
The Government should get its act together...*府应该集中力量。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。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
做，做事，行事；行动，采取行动
The time for thinking is past, we must now act.思考的时间过去了, 我们现在必须行动。表演, 举动像…;装出,假装,做作
Oliver is acting tonight.奥利弗今晚演出。n.
行为, 行动
My first act was to run into the waiting room.我的第一个行动就是跑进客厅。(立法机关的)决议；敕命；法案；法令；条例
The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。(一)幕
Most modern plays have three acts.大多数现代戏剧有三幕。动作，举止
(马戏、杂耍、电视歌舞演出中的)短节目，连续表演节目之一
(搭档)演出短节目的演员，(马戏、杂耍、电视歌舞等的)演员
【法律】(法院的)判决；法律文化，法规，条例
vt.
饰，扮演(角色)
演(戏)，演出；把(感情、事件等)表演出来
使举止与…相称
Don't act the child.别作孩子气。vi.
对…发生作用，起作用，对…产生影响(常与on连用)；奏效，见效
The medicine acts well.这药有效。The medicine acted on her fever at once.这药很快就使她退了烧。表现，举止
The soldier acted like a real hero.那个士兵的举动像一个真正的英雄。(在舞台上)表演，演戏，扮演角色
He acted in two plays by Molière.他在莫里哀编的两个剧中扮演角色。(角色、戏等)能被(扮)演，(角色)适于扮演；(剧本)适于上演
Her plays don't act well.她写的戏不好演。似乎在演戏，做戏，假装，做作
The girl's not really crying; she's only acting to get your sympathy.这女孩不是真哭，而是在做戏以博得你的同情。扮演；担当(as)
对…做出决定(或裁决)；颁发奖品(常与on 连用)
We are required to act at the end of the meeting.我们必须在会议结束时做出决定。作代言人，作为…的代理人，代理，代办，代表(for)
As the chairman is ill, I am asking Mr Jones to act for him.现在**病了，我打算请琼斯先生代理他。显出
She acted very angry.她显得非常生气。英英词典释义
Noun
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"Verb
1. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);
"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"2. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;
"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"3. play a role or part;
"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"4. discharge one's duties;
"She acts as the chair""In what capacity are you acting?"5. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;
"He acted the idiot""She plays deaf when the news are bad"6. be suitable for theatrical performance;
"This scene acts well"7. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected;
"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"8. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
9. behave unnaturally or affectedly;
"She's just acting"10. perform on a stage or theater;
"She acts in this play""He acted in `Julius Caesar'""I played in `A Christmas Carol'"行业词典
体育： 动作；作用；法令；条例；规章；
医学： 动作；法令，条例；
心理学： 动作；
法律： 条例；
