Word · Frequency #340
Fully loadedactions
起诉；控告
actions is the third person singular of action.
start legal proceedings against someone; sue
- 1.
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
提起诉讼
- 2.
put in effect
实施
实施；执行；提起诉讼；实施；对...起诉；[计] 方式
In use
The manager will action all pending requests by Friday.
The shareholders actioned the board for mismanagement.
Please action the invoice as soon as possible.
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。
action sb for sth
They actioned the supplier for failing to deliver.
他们因供应商未能交货而起诉。
Verb forms
base action · third person actions · -ing actioning · past actioned · past participle actioned
动词，意为采取行动、处理
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- action a complaint
- 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。
- action recommendations
- 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。
- action someone for damages
- 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。
- action the minutes
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- actions speak louder than words
- 行动胜于言辞He keeps promising to help, but actions speak louder than words.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
常用于商务或法律语境，表示采取行动或起诉
Pronunciation & Spelling
fraction、traction、reaction、attraction 等词与 action 押韵，均以 /ækʃən/ 结尾。注意形近词：auction /ˈɔːkʃən/ 和 caution /ˈkɔːʃən/ 不押韵，它们的元音是 /ɔː/ 而不是 /æ/。
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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