意味: 行為
例文: Lena’s “invisibility act” fooled no one.
レナの「透明になる演技」は誰にも通じなかった。
定義: 委員会、協会、立法府の審議を体系化する法律文書
コロケーション:
actは5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
Noun: something that people do or cause to happen
Noun: a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
Noun: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
Noun: a manifestation of insincerity
Verb: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Verb: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Verb: play a role or part
Verb: discharge one’s duties
Verb: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Verb: be suitable for theatrical performance
Verb: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Verb: be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
Verb: behave unnaturally or affectedly
Verb: perform on a stage or theater
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Noun: he did his act three times every evening
Noun: she had a catchy little routine
Noun: it was one of the best numbers he ever did
Noun: he put on quite an act for her benefit
Verb: think before you act
Verb: We must move quickly
Verb: The governor should act on the new energy bill
Verb: The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
Verb: You should act like an adult
Verb: Don’t behave like a fool
Verb: What makes her do this way?
Verb: The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
Verb: Gielgud played Hamlet
Verb: She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
Verb: She played the servant to her husband’s master
Verb: She acts as the chair
Verb: In what capacity are you acting?
Verb: He acted the idiot
Verb: She plays deaf when the news are bad
Verb: This scene acts well
Verb: The voting process doesn’t work as well as people thought
Verb: How does your idea work in practice?
Verb: This method doesn’t work
Verb: The breaks of my new car act quickly
Verb: The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water
Verb: She’s just acting
Verb: She acts in this play
Verb: He acted in `Julius Caesar’
Verb: I played in `A Christmas Carol’
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): act, act as, behave, bit, deed, dissemble, do, enactment, human action, human activity, move, number, play, playact, pretend, represent, roleplay, routine, turn, work
Antonyms(反意語): refrain
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, be, dramatic composition, event, expression, legal document, perform, performance, re-create, serve, succeed
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, achieve, acquittance, act, act involuntarily, affidavit, answer, appear, arraignment, arrive, articles of incorporation, assignment, audition, backslap, bake, balance, barnstorm, be well, beat, begin, belong, benefit, bill, break down, breathe, brief, bungle, buy, caddie, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, concert, concertize, conduct, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, conveyance, cost, count, cover, cut, cut across, dally, debenture, debut, deck, deed, depend, derivative instrument, deserve, disagree, distribute, diverge, draw, effusion, end, fall, fall over backwards, feel, fictionalize, figure, fit, follow, footle, forge, freeze, frivol, gape, give, go, grandstand, gravitate, group action, hail, hang, happening, head, hit, hold, hoodoo, hugger mugger, hum, impeachment, impend, incarnate, indictment, interlude, iridesce, joke, jumble, kill, lamentation, law, lend, let go, letters of administration, letters testamentary, license, lie, litter, living will, loiter, look, lubricate, luck out, make, make as if, make sense, makeup, mandate, manifest, measure, menace, might-have-been, migration, miracle, model, mope, nail down, negotiable instrument, nonevent, object, officiate, opinion, optimize, osculate, owe, pan out, pass, passport, patent, pay, perform, pianism, piffle, play, play out, play reading, point, power of attorney, premiere, press, presume, promise, prove, pull off, put out, quack, rage, ramp, range, rank, rap, rate, recital, recite, recognize, reenact, regenerate, relate, relax, remain, rendition, represent, rest, retard, romanticize, rotate, run, run into, rut, sauce, scene, script, security, seem, seethe, sell, sentimentalise, shine, ship’s papers, sightread, sit, social event, solo, song and dance, sparkle, specify, spectacular, squat, staff, stage, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, stooge, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swagger, swell, swim, swing, tax return, tend, test, theatrical performance, total, translate, transplant, trim, trust deed, underlie, underperform, vulgarize, want, wanton, wash, will, wind, work, working papers, world premiere, writ, written agreement, zap
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): acquiring, act, act involuntarily, act on, act out, action, activity, alternate, antagonize, anticipate, assumption, attack, backslap, bank, begin, behave, break down, bungle, causing, coact, come close, come to the fore, communication, condescend, continue, cope, court, create, criticize, dally, dare, deal, decree, delivery, departure, derivation, discovery, dispatch, disposal, distribution, do well, drive around, effect, egotrip, egress, emote, enact, equalization, evade, exert, exhumation, fall over backwards, finish up, follow, footle, force, forfeit, freeze, frivol, get around to, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, group action, guard, hindrance, hire, hugger mugger, impersonate, implementation, inactivity, interact, interrupt, joke, judgment, leaning, legislative act, legitimation, lord it over, make, make a point, make as if, make bold, maneuver, menace, mime, misbehave, mitzvah, motivation, nonaccomplishment, nullity, optimize, overact, parody, participate, partner, perform, perpetrate, piffle, play, play it by ear, presume, proclamation, production, propulsion, prosecute, quack, race, ramp, rampage, react, reciprocate, recovery, rejection, relax, repeat, residency, reward, romanticize, running away, rush, satisfice, sauce, sentimentalise, set about, show-stopper, simulate, sneak, speech act, stampede, stay, stooge, stop, support, surprise, swagger, swell, take, take care, take time by the forelock, touch, try, underact, use, volunteer, vulgarize, wait, walk around, wanton, waste, wear, woo
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: act, actable, acting, action, actor, actuate, move, play, playacting, playactor, player, playing, pretender, representation, roleplaying, work, workable
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: law
Usage Category: literary
Usage Context: conversation, descriptive
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
中学レベル
英検3級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes
Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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