act /ækt/ CET4 TEM4 ( acting, acted, acts )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you act, you do something for a particular purpose. 行动

  例：

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

  当警方行动起来去制止大范围的洗劫和蓄意破坏时，死亡事件发生了。

• 2. 

  V-I If you act on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested. (按照建议或信息) 行动

  例：

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

  病人通常会听从医生的建议并且按照它行动。

• 3. 

  V-I If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way. 表现

  例：

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

  …一帮表现可疑的年轻人。

  例：

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

  他表现得好像一点都没有听过这件事一样。

• 4. 

  V-I If someone or something acts as a particular thing, they have that role or function. 担任

  例：

  Among his other duties, he acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.

  另外，他兼任船上的外科医生以及船员们的牧师。

• 5. 

  V-I If someone acts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not. 假装

  例：

  Chris acted astonished as he examined the note.

  在克里斯检查这张便条时，他假装很吃惊。

• 6. 

  V-I When professionals such as lawyers act for you, or act on your behalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter. 代理

  例：

  Daniel Webster acted for Boston traders while still practising in New Hampshire.

  丹尼尔·韦伯斯特还在新罕布什尔州实习时，就为波斯顿的商人们代理过。

• 7. 

  V-I If a force or substance acts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them. 作用 (于)

  例：

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

  他在使用一种危险的药物——这种药物很快作用于中枢神经系统。

• 8. 

  V-I If you act in a play or film, you have a part in it. 表演

  例：

  She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

  她向父母承认了她想表演的欲望。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT An act is a single thing that someone does. 行为 [正式] [oft N 'of' n]

  例：

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

  语言诠释是阅读行为的全部意义。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT An Act is a law passed by the government. 法案

  例：

  ...an Act of Congress.

  …一项议会法案。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT An act in a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided. 幕 [oft N num]

  例：

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

  第二幕包含了我所看过的最为可笑的场景之一。

• 12. 

  N-COUNT An act in a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show. 节目

  例：

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

  今年有许多乐队在表演，也有喜剧节目。

• 13. 

  N-SING If you say that someone's behaviour is an act, you mean that it does not express their real feelings. 装样子

  例：

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

  他的生气是真的，不是装样子。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime. 逮个正着

  例：

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

  这些人在挖掩埋起来的炸药时被逮了个正着。

• 15. 

  PHRASE If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way. 检点 (某人的) 行为 [非正式]

  例：

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

  该国的广告商们需要检点他们的行为。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else. 插手其中 [非正式]

  例：

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

  在20世纪70年代，急于插手其中的柯达公司推出了自己的即时成像照相机。

• 17. 

  PHRASE You say that someone was in the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted. 在 (做某事的) 行动中

  例：

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

  当尼尔走到他身后时，肯正在付账单。

• 18. 

  PHRASE 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. 有条理地安排 (生活或事务) [非正式]

  例：

  The government should get its act together.

  政府应该有条理地安排其事务。

• 19. 

  to act the fool →see fool