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action

高中CET4CET6

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基本释义

n.
行动,行为; 诉讼; 作用; 功能; 战斗; 情节; 动作片; 令人激动的事
v.
采取行动; 确保处理(某事)

词性变化

实用例句

I like films with plenty of action.

我喜欢情节曲折离奇的影片。

牛津词典

New York is where the action is .

纽约是个热闹活跃的地方。

牛津词典

the action of sunlight on the skin

阳光对皮肤的作用

牛津词典

soldiers killed in action

阵亡战士

牛津词典

The action takes place in France.

这个故事发生在法国。

牛津词典

military action

军事行动

牛津词典

Each of us must take responsibility for our own actions.

我们每个人都必须对自己的行为负责。

牛津词典

A libel action is being brought against the magazine that published the article.

发表该文章的杂志将受到诽谤诉讼。

牛津词典

He is considering taking legal action against the hospital.

他正考虑起诉这家医院。

牛津词典

Firefighters took action immediately to stop the blaze spreading.

消防队员立即采取了行动制止大火蔓延。

牛津词典

What is the best course of action in the circumstances?

在这种情况下最佳行动方针是什么?

牛津词典

She began to explain her plan of action to the group.

她开始向小组讲解她的行动计划。

牛津词典

Her quick action saved the child's life.

她行动迅速,救了小孩的命。

牛津词典

The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive.

若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。

牛津词典

They have learned the lessons of business management theory, and put them into action.

他们不仅学习了商业管理理论方面的课程,并且学以致用。

He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury...

由于膝部严重受伤,他已停工16个月。

They were trapped after the lifts went out of action.

电梯出现故障,他们被困在里面了。

Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action.

各个度假点重又呈现出一派兴旺景象,旅游业的龙头老大们都在争着分一杯羹。

Leaders in America have generally supported military action...

美国领导人普遍支持采取军事行动。

13 soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in action.

战斗中有13名士兵阵亡,10名士兵受伤。

Stallone wants to break away from his action-hero image.

史泰龙想要摆脱动作明星的形象。

Documents can be actioned, or filed immediately.

文件可被立即处理或归档。

Jack was the sort of man who did not like his actions questioned.

杰克是那种不喜欢别人质疑自己行为的人。

Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.

两家很有名的律师事务所准备向烟草公司提起诉讼。

...a libel action brought by one of France's bureaucrats.

由法国的一名官员提起的诽谤诉讼

Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.

他对一些毒药的性质和作用的描述惊人地准确。

Hollywood is where the action is now.

好莱坞如今风头正盛。

The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis...

政府正采取紧急措施解决住房危机。

What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.

他说,当务之急就是采取果断行动制止他所称的“这些野蛮罪行”。

As always, Peter had a reason for his action...

一如往常,彼得对自己的行为总有说辞。

真题例句

When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism : the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Successful team leaders know exactly where the team should go and are able to take prompt action.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when presented with an unusual situation.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Do sufficient testing before taking action.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The food industry has, in general, been firmly opposed to such direct government action.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

We must be honest about our actions and avoid excuses, if we fool ourselves into believing we're not doing anything wrong, we can't see the real choice we're making - and that leads to bad decisions.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

To avoid fooling yourself, watch out for excuses and try this test: Ask how you would feel if your actions were public and anyone could be watching over yourshoulder

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Cheating Hurts Other, Too Cheaters often feel invisible, as if their actions "don't count" and don't really hurt anyone

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

But the report, he said, "will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

keeps someone from taking action

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for my actions and my choices.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Director of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Chris Murray described it as an "urgent call to action".

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

So far, visitors to the theme park have been excited to see the birds in action.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

These emails are often informative rather than personalized correspondents requiring a response or action.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism: the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Participation grows through friends and networks and if you realize that's how they're growing, you can start to take action and bring in other students, he said.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

At this time there is nothing to take action on since the analysis has yet to be completed.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

To show the urgent need for the government to take action.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy.

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

The Paris climate agreement finalised in December last year heralded a new era for climate action.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Prime Minister Cameron has been reluctant to take action.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Take your average trade union member, chances are they will be politically motivated and be used to collective action— much like Erica Gregory.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

One study shows that our neighbours' actions are influential in changing our behaviour.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But it was the ones that mentioned the actions of neighbours that drove down power use.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The action should beconsistent with the firm's guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, suspending them temporarily, or firing them.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

A supervisor's action toward a poorly performing worker can affect the attitudes of other employees

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The recent trend toward early decision and early action among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any additional actions.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Government action is key to solving economic problems.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

What do we learn about the class action suit against Google

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

What remained controversial after the class action suit ended?

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Some critics blame affirmative action – students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Affirmative action should be held responsible

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Whether all that attention has translated into sufficient action is another question.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for my actions and my choices.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

All right, Jane,let's put it into action.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

But the status quo can be problematic, since a change in the course of action can sometimes be important and lead to a positive outcome.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Participation grows through friends and networks and if "you realize that's how they're growing, you can start to take action" and bring in other students, he said.

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Rosen says he hopes Congress will take action.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Take your average trade union member, chances are they will be politically motivated and be used to collective action —much like Erica Gregory.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

That's not to say that risk is always good, but it is related to taking action, whereas decision fatigue assuredly leads to inaction and the possible chagrin of a decision maker who might otherwise prefer a new course but is unfortunately hindered.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The action stems from a federal court order issued on Tuesday requiring Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation to unlock an iPhone used by one of the two attackers who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

The Child Poverty Action Group says 9 out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups want in on the action.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The team plans to return to around a dozen of the buildings to assess progress and consider further action.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

All of this makes the actions of the homeless tom smith even more remarkable.

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

But you can't be successful when there's a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Corrado, a translator for the army during wwii, was killed in action in Europe.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Elsewhere in asia even more astonishing actions are being taken.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a habit.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become...take immediate action.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

One can never be sure that it is not on the point of breaking out into action only sure that it will do so sometime.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Positive thinking and action result in success.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Since then, many scientists have thought that our actions do make a difference.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Somehow in this or that man's thought such an idea lives though unconsidered by the world of action.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Take no further action if they can find a kitemark.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

That action turned the block into somewhat a wheel.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

The end result is that we feel like we can't focus or that we're focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

These actions have greatly affected the ecological balance.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate their actions.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Count that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education”.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

A "town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honoring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Emerging in the late sixties and reaching a peak in the Seventies, Land Art was one of a range of new forms, including Body Art,Performance Art, Action Art and Installation Art, which pushed art beyond the traditional confines of the studio and gallery.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations with western state governments, which are often uneasy with federal action, and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken's habitat.

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Last year, Europe Commission vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Quotas get action: they "open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling, " according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored anti-smoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

since his "action" is in the past, the photograph is its sole embodiment.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Federal circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the Supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.

2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

We need progressive policies that shape collective action and rein in polluting businesses, alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. something done (usually as opposed to something said);

    "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

  • 2. the state of being active;

    "his sphere of activity"

    "he is out of action"

  • 3. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

  • 4. an act by a government body or supranational organization;

    "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"

    "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"

    "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"

  • 5. a military engagement;

    "he saw action in Korea"

  • 6. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);

    "the action of natural forces"

    "volcanic activity"

  • 7. the series of events that form a plot;

    "his novels always have a lot of action"

  • 8. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;

    "the piano had a very stiff action"

  • 9. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;

    "a man of action"

  • 10. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;

    "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"

    "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"

Verb
  • 1. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

    "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"

    "She actioned the company for discrimination"

  • 2. put in effect;

    "carry out a task"

    "execute the decision of the people"

    "He actioned the operation"

同义词辨析

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。

同义词

n.战斗

battle

反义词

n.行动;行为;作用

reaction

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