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1. VERB 做事;行动 When you act, you do something for a particular purpose. 

  • 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。

2. VERB 遵照…行动；奉行 If you act on advice or information, you do what has been advised or suggested. 

  • 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。

3. VERB 举止;表现 If someone acts in a particular way, they behave in that way. 

  • ...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。

  • Open wounds act like a magnet to flies.

    裸露的伤口很招苍蝇。

4. VERB 起作用;充当 If someone or something acts as a particular thing, they have that role or function. 

  • 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.

    用作美军支援船的公主号冠达邮轮

5. VERB 假装;故作 If someone acts in a particular way, they pretend to be something that they are not. 

  • 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警察。

6. 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. 

  • ...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。

7. VERB 影响；作用于 If a force or substance acts on someone or something, it has a certain effect on them. 

  • 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。

8. 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. 

  • 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。

9. N-COUNT 行为；行动 An act is a single thing that someone does. 

  • 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。

10. 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. 

  • 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。

11. N-COUNT 法案；法令；条例 An Act is a law passed by the government. 

  • ...an Act of Parliament.

    议会法案

12. 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. 

  • 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. 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. 

  • 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. 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. 

  • 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。

15. 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. 

  • 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。

16. 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. 

  • 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。

17. 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. 

  • 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。

18. 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. 

  • The Government should get its act together...

    政府应该集中力量。

  • 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。

19.   to act one's age→see: age;  to act the fool→see: fool; 
相关词组：
act out  act up 
1. A decisive person acts quickly and often succeeds.
果断的人行动迅速，常常成功。

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2. An oar often acts as rudder.
桨常可起舵的作用。

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3. At first he was a little shy in class, but now he acts more natural.
他起初在班里有点害羞，不过现在自然多了。

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4. Every time it rains, our car acts up.
每当下雨，我们的车就失灵。

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5. Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.
摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

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6. Good acts are better than good intentions.
好的行动胜于好的意图。

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7. He acts as an old man in the play.
他装老头儿。

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8. He acts in unquestioning obedience to the orders of his superior.
他的行动绝对服从上级的命令。

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9. He always acts the lord.
他总是装阔。

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10. He always does wrongful acts.
他经常为非作歹。

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11. He always speaks slowly and acts unhurriedly.
他说话做事总是慢条斯理的。

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12. He never acts in a suprarational manner.
他行事从不超越理性。

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13. His infamous acts remain inexpiate.
他对自己的卑鄙的行为至今仍无悔过的表现。

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14. His wife's calm nature acts as a counterbalance to his excitability.
他妻子的沉着冷静抵销了他的急性子脾气。

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15. Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world.
人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。

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16. I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.
我对他们的暴行提出口头抗议。

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17. If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
要是各行其是，那就乱套了。

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18. In the play, a wicked old uncle acts as a foil to the noble young prince.
在剧中，一个坏心肠的老叔父为一高贵的年轻王子作衬托。

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19. It acts as a catalyst in the process of fermentation.
它在发酵过程中起触媒的作用。

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20. Let's see how he acts next.
且看他下一步如何动作。

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