action

n.

作用, 动[操]作, 行动

反[效]应, 影响, 机能, 运算[转]

行为, 态度, 姿势, 举动

[常用单](机械装置中)有动作部份; 机械装置[作用], 作用量, 历程

行程

(小说等中的)情节

【律】诉讼

战斗, 战事; 射击, 开火

[俚](最令人激动的)活动; 赌博, 打赌

【常用短语】

Action front [rear]!

准备向前[后]方开炮!

action of the first impression

[律]新诉

amicable action

【律】合意诉讼

rude action

粗鲁的行为

Actions are more importont than words.

行动比语言更重要。

Actions speak louder than words.

[谚]行动比语言更有效。

【习惯用语】.

be in action 在活动; 在运转; 在战斗

be put out of action 失掉战斗力; (机械等)出毛病, 不灵

break off the action 停战

bring an action against sb. 对...提起诉讼, 控告

call an action against sb. 对...提起诉讼, 控告

take an action against sb. 对...提起诉讼, 控告

bring [call] into action 使...参加战斗, 发动; 开动; 使生效

by [under] the action of 在...作用下

clear (a ship, or the decks) for action (军舰)准备战斗

come into action 投入战斗

come out of action 撤出战斗 离职; 停业

fall in action 阵亡

be killed in action 阵亡

galvanize into action 使立即行动起来

galvanize into activity 使立即行动起来

go into action 开始行动; 投入战斗

go out of action 停止运转[战斗.活动]

line of action 【物】作用线; [喻]活动的形式[方针]

out of action 失去作用; 损坏; 有故障

put into action 实行, 实施; 开动; 使开始工作

set into action 实行, 实施; 开动; 使开始工作

put in action 实行, 实施; 开动; 使开始工作

set in action 实行, 实施; 开动; 使开始工作

put out of action 使失去战斗力; 击伤, 击毁; 消灭

rear guard action 后卫战; 维持现状或维护旧制度的努力

see action 参加战斗

suit the action to the word 怎样说就怎样做, 说到做到

fit the action to the word 怎样说就怎样做, 说到做到

take action 开始行动; 采取行动(in); 提出诉讼

Action stations! [口]大家作好准备!

【词性变化】word-activity

vt.
对...起诉
An action for arbitration.
仲裁起诉。

n.
行动；动作

Beijing Olympic Action Plan 。
北京奥运行动规划

【背句子记单词】

To prepare for action.
准备开始行动

I like action movies.
我喜欢动作片。

cease an action temporarily.
临时地终止一项行动。

I can't feel my hands/My hands fell asleep.
我的手麻了。

美国口语的趋势是用两三个比较常用的字来代替一个比较少见的字。例如这个句子就是最好的例子之一。手麻掉了，这个「麻」字毫无疑问的可以用numb，所以你可以把这句话说成，"My hands are numb." 但是因为前面提到的这个口语简单化驱势，老美们会用 can't feel 这两个比较常用的字来代替 numb。也就是说老美通常是讲，"I can't feel my hands."
同样的道理，当你因为蹲太久而脚麻了，就可以说，"I can't feel my legs." 或是 "My legs fell asleep." 当你吃的东西太辣了，以致于整个嘴巴都麻掉了，这时你可以说，"I can't feel my tongue/ mouth. It's too hot." 大家有没有觉得学美语是不是真的很简单？只要记一些简单的字就能变化出许多不同的用法。

During the days that Valentine was imprisoned, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer. His love for her, and his great faith, managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death. Before he was taken to his death, he signed a farewell message to her, "From your Valentine." The phrase has been used on his day ever since.

在瓦伦廷被监禁的日子里，他爱上了狱卒失明的女儿。在他被处死之前，他对她的爱以及他坚定的信仰奇迹般地治愈了她的盲症。在他被带去处死之前，他给她写了封告别信，签名是"你的瓦伦廷书"。从此之后，这句话就用在情人节。

"At the heart of traditional Nenets life is the domesticated reindeer. Reindeer, also called caribou, are everything to the Nenets: their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, even their sense of identity." (Text from "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra,")

"涅涅茨人传统的生活的中心便是驯养驯鹿。驯鹿，是涅涅茨人的一切，他们的食物、衣料、帐篷、交通工具均来自于它，甚至是他们的身份的象征。" （文字引于《生存于西伯利亚冰原的涅涅茨人》）

Thinking Back
We were gathered together, all ten of us, for our widowed mother's 80th birthday. The conversation was of early struggles, walking to work and saving up in clothing clubs, when my elder sister said, "Of course, we were bound to be poor because we were such a big family. Mom, why did you have so many children?"

Mother looked around at us all and said, "Well, where did you want to me to stop?"

回忆
我们总共十个人，聚在一起祝贺已成为寡妇的妈妈的八十岁生日。谈的话题是我们家早年的艰辛，走着去上班，在"新衣会"里存钱准备买衣裳。这时我姐姐说："当然，我们的生活没法子不艰难，因为我们家孩子太多了。妈妈，您为什么要生这么多的孩子呢？"

妈妈看了我们一圈说："那么，你想让我在哪儿停住呢？"