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noun |
| definition 1: |
something that is done for a particular purpose.
行动
As president of the students, his first action was to bring back school dances.作为学生主席，他的第一个行动是重开学生舞会。- synonyms:
- act, activity, deed, execution, labor, operation, practice, work
- similar words:
- effort, endeavor, enterprise, feat, move, movement, process, progress
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| definition 2: |
(usually plural) way of acting or behaving.
行为
As a teacher, her actions are not acceptable.作为一名老师，她的行动令人无法接受。- synonyms:
- behavior, conduct
- similar words:
- bearing, manner, posture
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| definition 3: |
a movement or series of movements.
动作
The language students are learning words for various actions such as jumping, waving, pointing, and skipping.Actions of the body combine with speech to communicate meaning.学习语言的学生学习各种动作的单词，比如跳、晃动、指和跳。身体动作和讲话联合起来沟通含义。 |
| definition 4: |
lively or intense activity.
动作
I like movies with a lot of action.我喜欢有很多动作的电影。- synonyms:
- activity, energy, excitement, force
- similar words:
- adventure, dash, intensity, movement, snap, vigor
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| definition 5: |
the manner of a mechanism's moving or operating, or the mechanism itself.
机械运动
The action of the clock fascinated the little boy.钟表的机械运动令小男孩着迷。- synonyms:
- functioning, mechanism, motion, movement, operation
- similar words:
- act, apparatus, behavior, engine, gear, performance
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| definition 6: |
fighting that occurs during a war.
战斗
The new soldiers saw action soon after they arrived.新兵们到达后很快看到了战斗。- synonyms:
- battle, combat, conflict, fighting
- similar words:
- engagement, warfare
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| related words: |
achievement, effect, exercise, exploit, front, invasion, measure, motion, occurrence, turn |
| derivation: |
actionless (adj.) |
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commitments to action |
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agreement, guarantee, pledge, promise |
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postponing actions |
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defer, delay, postpone, procrastinate, stall |
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reasons for actions |
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policy, precedent, principle, purpose |
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some kinds of actions |
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accidental, careful, deft, deliberate, intentional, involuntary, steady |
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some things that cause action |
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command, direction, order, pressure, spur, stimulus |
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some things that hinder action |
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arrest, ban, block, detention, embargo, taboo |
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some things that regulate action |
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law, rule |
The word action
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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