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action sb
动词action常用在法律语境，意为起诉某人。
The company actioned the former employee for negligence.
公司因疏忽起诉了前员工。
起诉；控告
actions — third person singular of action
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起诉；控告
start legal proceedings against someone; sue
The company actioned the former employee for negligence.
公司因疏忽起诉了前员工。
提起诉讼
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
实施
put in effect
action
Base
原形
actions
3rd person
第三人称单数
actioning
-ing
现在分词
actioned
Past
过去式
actioned
Past participle
过去分词
They action the plan every month.
他们每个月实施该计划。
She actioned the order yesterday.
她昨天处理了订单。
He is actioning the request right now.
他正在处理那个请求。
动词，意为采取行动、处理
The manager will action all pending requests by Friday.
经理将在周五前处理所有待处理的请求。
The shareholders actioned the board for mismanagement.
股东们因管理不善起诉了董事会。
Please action the invoice as soon as possible.
请尽快处理这张发票。
动词action常用在法律语境，意为起诉某人。
The company actioned the former employee for negligence.
公司因疏忽起诉了前员工。
They actioned the supplier for failing to deliver.
他们因供应商未能交货而起诉。
Not this
We need to do action on this problem.
Use this
We need to take action on this problem.
英语中表示‘采取行动’应使用固定搭配'take action'，而非'do action'。'do'与'action'不搭配。
Not this
There are many outdoor actions.
Use this
There are many outdoor activities.
表示‘活动’时应使用'activity'，'action'通常指具体的行动或行为，而'activity'指一系列活动或消遣。
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处理投诉；对投诉采取行动
The manager promised to action my complaint immediately.
经理答应立即处理我的投诉。
落实建议；执行建议
The board will action the committee's recommendations next month.
董事会将在下个月落实委员会的建议。
起诉某人要求损害赔偿
He threatened to action the company for damages.
他威胁要起诉该公司要求损害赔偿。
按会议纪要采取行动；落实会议纪要中确定的行动
The chair asked the secretary to action the minutes from the last meeting.
主席请秘书按上次会议的纪要采取行动。
行动胜于言辞
He keeps promising to help, but actions speak louder than words.
他一直承诺要帮忙，但行动胜于言辞。
将某事付诸行动
After months of planning, we finally put the new strategy into action.
经过数月的规划，我们终于将新策略付诸行动。
采取行动
The government must take action to reduce pollution.
政府必须采取行动减少污染。
（丘吉尔二战批示用语）今日办理此事。
The manager actioned the new policy immediately.
经理立即实施了新政策。
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act是行动，加-ion看似名词，但这里做动词“实施/起诉”。记：act（行动）+ion，就是去行动、去起诉。
语域：formal 常见场景：legal proceedings、business administration 动词 action 通常不用于日常口语，多出现在法律（提起诉讼）或商务/行政管理（实施、执行）等正式语域。
常用于商务或法律语境，表示采取行动或起诉
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