action
n. 行動,行為; 訴訟; 作用; 功能; 戰鬥; 情節; 動作片; 令人激動的事
v. 採取行動; 確保處理(某事)
Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis...
政府正採取緊急措施解決住房危機。
What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.
他說,當務之急就是採取果斷行動制止他所稱的“這些野蠻罪行”。
An action is something that you do on a particular occasion.
As always, Peter had a reason for his action...
一如往常,彼得對自己的行為總有說辭。
Jack was the sort of man who did not like his actions questioned.
傑克是那種不喜歡別人質疑自己行為的人。
To bring a legal action against someone means to bring a case against them in a court of law.
Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.
兩家很有名的律師事務所準備向菸草公司提起訴訟。
...a libel action brought by one of France's bureaucrats.
由法國的一名官員提起的誹謗訴訟
The action of a chemical is the way in which it works, or the effects that it has.
Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
他對一些毒藥的性質和作用的描述驚人地準確。
The action is all the important and exciting things that are happening in a situation.
Hollywood is where the action is now.
好萊塢如今風頭正盛。
The fighting which takes place in a war can be referred to as action .
Leaders in America have generally supported military action...
美國領導人普遍支援採取軍事行動。
13 soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in action.
戰鬥中有13名士兵陣亡,10名士兵受傷。
An action movie is a film in which a lot of dangerous and exciting things happen. An action hero is the main character in one of these films.
Stallone wants to break away from his action-hero image.
史泰龍想要擺脫動作明星的形象。
If you action something that needs to be done, you deal with it.
Documents can be actioned, or filed immediately.
檔案可被立即處理或歸檔。
If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury...
由於膝部嚴重受傷,他已停工16個月。
They were trapped after the lifts went out of action.
電梯出現故障,他們被困在裡面了。
If someone wants to have a piece of the action or a slice of the action, they want to take part in an exciting activity or situation, usually in order to make money or become more important.
Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action.
各個度假點重又呈現出一派興旺景象,旅遊業的龍頭老大們都在爭著分一杯羹。
If you put an idea or policy into action, you begin to use it or cause it to operate.
They have learned the lessons of business management theory, and put them into action.
他們不僅學習了商業管理理論方面的課程,並且學以致用。
1. something done (usually as opposed to something said);
2. the state of being active;
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;
5. a military engagement;
6. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
7. the series of events that form a plot;
8. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
9. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
10. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
1. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
2. put in effect;
act, action, deed, operation, performance
這些名詞均含"行為,行動"之意。
actions speak louder than words
(諺)事實勝於雄辯
go into action
開始行動,幹起來
in action
在活動,在運轉
man (或 woman) of action
實幹者
out of action
暫停活動,不(再)起作用;不(再)運轉,失效
put into action
生效;實施
A cause of action has accrued when the right to sue has become vested.
起訴的理由在控告權被賦予後隨之存在.
Deliberate in counsel , prompt in action.
靜如處子,動如脫兔.
The army is at action stations.
軍隊已進入戰鬥崗位.
Hamlet is usually played as a sorrowful person who cannot make decisions or take action.
哈姆雷特常被演成一個優柔寡斷的傷感型人物.
It's no use just wishing away for week after week; you have to take some action!
光是周復一週地表白你的願望是毫無作用的, 你必須付諸某種行動!