【action】 - SAT备考词汇

action

UK:  ['ækʃ(ə)n]

US:  ['ækʃ(ə)n]

复数：actions  现在分词：actioning  过去分词：actioned  

n.

1.动作,活动;行为,行动

2.(机械装置中)有动作的部分;机械装置[作用]

3.主动力,作用,机能

4.某一地区[场合]内最热闹盛行的活动

5.〔美口〕刺激性的活动;赌博

6.措施,手段

7.举动,态度,姿势

8.(演员的)表演;(小说等中的)情节

9.【法律】诉讼

10.【军事】战斗,战事

v.

1.古语〕对…提起诉讼

2.对...起诉

1 . in her work, I noticed that she was also extremely quick in her evaluation and action.
她除了工作严谨、仔细认真外，我还注意到她做出评断并付诸行动的速度都是非常快的。

2 . The time passed. It was the bits of snow that kept rousing him when he did not want to be roused. At last his will clicked into action.
时间过去了。他本来不想醒来，雪片却不断地呼唤他醒来。最后他的意志终于发挥起作用来。

3 . If I regard a certain course of action as good, it is only I who choose to say that it is good and not bad.
如果我认为这样的一种行为是好的，那也只是我自己的选择，说它是好的而不是坏的。

4 . (of an action, especially a test or experiment) done without being able to see or without being in possession of certain information.
（行动，尤指试验或实验）未掌握一定信息的，盲目的。

5 . The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat, what he believes to be true must determine his action.
我们可以做出一个论断：就一个诚信的人而言，他信之为真的事物一定决定了他的行为。