actions
行动,行为,活动,行动方面
Related Words
Definitions
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- : the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- : something done or performed; act; deed.
- : an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity: a crisis that demands action instead of debate; hoping for constructive action by the landlord.
- : actions, habitual or usual acts; conduct: He is responsible for his actions.
- : energetic activity: a man of action.
- : an exertion of power or force: the action of wind upon a ship's sails.
- : effect or influence: the action of morphine.
- : Physiology. a change in organs, tissues, or cells leading to performance of a function, as in muscular contraction.
- : way or manner of moving: the action of a machine or of a horse.
- : the mechanism by which something is operated, as that of a gun or a piano.
- : a military encounter or engagement; battle, skirmish, or the like.
- : actual engagement in fighting an enemy; military or naval combat: He saw action in Vietnam.
Phrases
- actions speak louder than words
- all talk and no action
- piece of the action
- swing into action
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Plus, expect outside players to take actions related to the conflict.
[These actions] call into question not only their judgment but how true the effort is to expanding into those communities.
“Internationally there has been a lot of horror and contempt for her actions, domestically very little,” he said.
Therefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.
Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.
Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
Yet he neither wishes the auditors to counsel or advise or influence him, nor that a word be said about his actions.
Many of the pneumatic actions made to-day, however, are disappointing in these particulars.
Undoubtedly the first improvements to be named must be the pneumatic and electro-pneumatic actions.
Without the use of these actions most of the advances we are about to chronicle would not have been effected.