act
[NOUN, VERB]
acts
1. [C 可数名词] 行为
An act is a single thing that someone does.
近义词
action , deed
双语例句
例：Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading.
对语言的理解是阅读行为的全部意义。
例：He had committed several acts of violence.
他有好几起暴力行为。
2. [C 可数名词] 法案
An Act is a law passed by the government.
双语例句
例：an Act of Congress.
一项议会法案。
3. [C 可数名词] 幕
An act in a play, opera, or ballet is one of the main parts into which it is divided.
双语例句
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。
4. [C 可数名词] 节目
An act in a show is a short performance which is one of several in the show.
双语例句
例：This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts.
今年除了喜剧节目，还有许多乐队登台表演。
5. [SING 单数型名词] 装样子
If you say that someone's behaviour is an act, you mean that it does not express their real feelings.
近义词
双语例句
例：His anger was real. It wasn't an act.
他的生气是真的，不是装样子。
NOUN. 名词
catch someone in the act
1. 逮个正着
If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime.
双语例句
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。
clean up your act
1. 检点（某人的）行为
If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way.
双语例句
例：The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
该国的广告商们需要规范他们的行为。
get in on the act
1. 参与（以得到好处），插手其中
If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
双语例句
例：In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
在20世纪70年代，急于从中获利的柯达公司推出了自己的即时成像照相机。
in the act of
1. 在（做某事的）行动中
You say that someone was in the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted.
双语例句
例：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，肯正在付账单。
get your act together
1. 有条理地安排（生活或事务）
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.
双语例句
例：The government should get its act together.
政府应该有条理地安排其事务。
PHRASE. 习语
acts , acting , acted
1. [I 不及物动词] 行动
When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
双语例句
例：The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism.
警方行动起来去制止大范围的打砸抢行为时有人丧生。
例：the duty of doctors to act in the best interest of patients.
从病人的最大利益出发是医生的职责。
2. [I 不及物动词] （按照建议或信息）行动
If you act on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested.
双语例句
例：A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice and act on it.
病人通常会听从并按照医生的建议做。
3. [I 不及物动词] 表现
If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way.
近义词
双语例句
例：a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously.
一帮形迹可疑的年轻人。
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. [I 不及物动词] 担任
If someone or something acts as a particular thing, they have that role or function.
近义词
双语例句
例：Among his other duties, he acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men.
除了其他职务外，他还兼任船上的外科医生以及船员们的牧师。
5. [I 不及物动词] 假装
If someone acts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not.
双语例句
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. [I 不及物动词] 代理
When professionals such as lawyers act for you, or act on your behalf, they are employed by you to deal with a particular matter.
双语例句
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. [I 不及物动词] 作用（于）
If a force or substance acts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them.
双语例句
例：He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system.
他在服用一种危险的药物——这种药物很快对中枢神经系统产生影响。
8. [I 不及物动词] 表演
If you act in a play or film, you have a part in it.
双语例句
例：She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
她向父母承认了她想表演的欲望。
VERB. 动词
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