action
英 ['ækʃ(ə)n]
美['ækʃən]
- n. 行动；活动；功能；战斗；情节
- n. (Action)人名；(英)埃克申
英英释意
- 1. something done (usually as opposed to something said);
- "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
- 2. the state of being active;
- "his sphere of activity"
- "he is out of action"
- 3. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- 4. an act by a government body or supranational organization;
- "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"
- "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"
- "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
- 5. a military engagement;
- "he saw action in Korea"
- 6. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
- "the action of natural forces"
- "volcanic activity"
- 7. the series of events that form a plot;
- "his novels always have a lot of action"
- 8. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
- "the piano had a very stiff action"
- 9. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
- "a man of action"
- 10. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
- "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"
- "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"
