act on

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
    — The policeman decided to act on the tip from his informant.
  2. To act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse.
    — He keeps telling me about wanting to make a move, but he hasn't worked up to acting on it yet.
  3. To take action against something.
    — World leaders have repeatedly stated that we must act on climate change.
  4. To affect something.
    — Different drugs act on different parts of our body in many different ways.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, on.

词形变化

acts on present,singular,third-person acting on participle,present acted on participle,past acted on past
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