Act

(noun.) something that people do or cause to happen.

(noun.) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.

(noun.) a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; 'he did his act three times every evening'; 'she had a catchy little routine'; 'it was one of the best numbers he ever did'.

(noun.) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet.

(noun.) a manifestation of insincerity; 'he put on quite an act for her benefit'.

(verb.) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; 'You should act like an adult'; 'Don't behave like a fool'; 'What makes her do this way?'; 'The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people'.

(verb.) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; 'He acted the idiot'; 'She plays deaf when the news are bad'.

(verb.) discharge one's duties; 'She acts as the chair'; 'In what capacity are you acting?'.

(verb.) play a role or part; 'Gielgud played Hamlet'; 'She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role'; 'She played the servant to her husband's master'.

(verb.) perform on a stage or theater; 'She acts in this play'; 'He acted in `Julius Caesar''; 'I played in `A Christmas Carol''.

(verb.) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); 'think before you act'; 'We must move quickly'; 'The governor should act on the new energy bill'; 'The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel'.

(verb.) be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure.

(verb.) be suitable for theatrical performance; 'This scene acts well'.

昌西整理

• That natural selection generally act with extreme slowness I fully admit. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• By this act I was appointed one of the commissioners for disposing of the money, sixty thousand pounds. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He would act for her and release her. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Some of the restrictions of that Act amaze us to-day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Remember what you have seen and heard--draw what conclusions YOU like--act as you please. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The statesman acts in part as an intermediary between the experts and his constituency. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They fulfill their destiny in issuing, later on, into specific and perceptible acts. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But other generations will arise, and ever and for ever will continue, to be made happier by our present acts, to be glorified by our valour. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• These were the opening acts of an active and aggressive career. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Abu Bekr was a man without doubts, his beliefs cut down to acts cleanly as a sharp knife cuts. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Out of experience come warrings, the conflict of opinions and acts within the individual and between individuals. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This is what one gets by acting with principle. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The best faculties of man are employed for futurity: speaking is better than acting, writing is better than speaking. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• To identify acting with an aim and intelligent activity is enough to show its value--its function in experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The net conclusion is that acting with an aim is all one with acting intelligently. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I might act the benevolent with them, but acting is not my _forte_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• We acted with the best intentions. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• At last I had to say to General Thomas that I should be obliged to remove him unless he acted promptly. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But I had acted enough for one evening; it was time I retired into myself and my ordinary life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The lime was added as a flux, and acted to unite with itself the sand, clay and other impurities to form a slag or scoria. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He certainly acted on very short notice. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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