Word · Frequency #371
acting
做；行动
acting is the present participle of act.
to do something; to take action
- 1.
To do something.
做某事。
- 2.
To perform a theatrical role.
扮演戏剧角色。
- 3.
Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
指戏剧:被演出(好或坏)。
- 4.
To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
以某种方式行为持续一段时间。
- 5.
To convey an appearance of being.
表现出某种样子。
- 6.
To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
做出对行为者具有约束力的改变。
- 7.
To have an effect (on).
对...产生影响。
- 8.
To play (a role).
扮演(角色)。
- 9.
To feign.
假装。
- 10.
To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
作为法律代表处理特定法律事务。
- 11.
To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
对(其他结构)施加作用。例如集合上的群作用、环通过标量乘法对模的作用、群或代数通过表示对向量空间的作用。
表现；行事；扮演；饰演；假装；起作用；产生影响；上演
In use
She acted quickly to solve the problem.
He acted in a school play last month.
Don't act like you don't know the answer.
Verb forms
base act · third person acts · -ing acting · past acted · past participle acted
规则动词，表示行动或表演。
Connections
Collocations
- act quickly
- 迅速行动
- We need to act quickly to solve the problem.我们需要迅速行动解决问题。
- act on advice
- 按照建议行事
- She acted on her doctor's advice and rested.她按照医生的建议休息了。
- act as
- 充当；担任
- He acted as our guide during the trip.旅行中他担任我们的向导。
- act out
- 表演；将……表现出来
- The children acted out the story they had read.孩子们把读到的故事表演了出来。
- act responsibly
- 负责任地行事
- Please act responsibly when using the equipment.使用设备时请负责任地行事。
- act surprised
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：act 是 action 的开头三个字母，行动就是 act；演戏时演员的每个动作也叫 act。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常行为/行事、戏剧影视表演、正式法律或学术语境 act 作动词时在不同场景下语体差异较大：日常表达‘做、行动、表现’多用于口语和一般书面语；‘扮演、饰演’在戏剧影视语境中属于中性用法；法律、学术等正式场合中‘作为、起作用’则更正式。具体需根据搭配和语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的重读音节都以 /ækt/ 结尾，与 act 押韵：fact、intact、exact、react、pact、attract。注意别把拼写相似的词读错：action /ˈækʃən/、actual /ˈæktʃuəl/、arctic /ˈɑːrktɪk/ 中的 -act- 读音不是 /ækt/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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