单词 | acted |
释义 | actedadj. 1. That is carried out in action; performed, esp. dramatically. Also: feigned. Frequently with modifying adverb. ΚΠ 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxxv. sig. X4v Enuie had beene vnable to reproue His acted life without shee did him wrong. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 36 All the acted zeale that for these many yeares hath filld thir bellies. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxxiii. 236 The Lords, we are wont to meet within this world,..place all their Lordliness in some acted Authorities. 1723 E. F. Haywood Injur'd Husband 76 In spite of her well-acted Tenderness..he cou'd not consider with what Facility she had granted him the greatest Favours, without a Suspicion that others might also have the same Freedom. 1770 R. Griffith Posthumous Wks. Celebrated Genius II. 16 A play is but an acted novel, of about three hours reading. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Will 12 But ill for him who..ever weaker grows thro' acted crime. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vii. 86 The acted drama cannot long survive among a reading people. 1945 Times 30 June 6/4 Often it seems possible to discern an intended symbolism, an acted parable, in many of our Lord's dealings with his disciples. 1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions iii. viii. 117 ‘Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!’ is an acted line with its own spoken intensity. 1991 Filmfax Dec. 92 (advt.) Fans of Reefer Madness will light up over this poorly acted, unabashedly bad melodrama. 2. acted-out adj. that has been acted out, esp. dramatically; that is expressed in overt behaviour. Cf. to act out 1 at act v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > other mental illness sin-wooda1325 wanton sick1602 affective1858 theroid1867 fetishized1889 fetish1901 negativistic1902 pseudo-homosexual1908 involutional1910 regressive1911 lata1913 sadomasochistic1921 rejected1931 catathymic1934 acting-out1945 nemesistic1945 sadomasochist1945 acted-out1996 1859 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. Mar. 318 These truths tally strangely with the acted-out theories of the curators of public health in New York. 1934 R. W. Chamberlain Beacon Lights of Lit. IV. iii. 333 A one-act play is like an acted-out short story. 1946 A. P. Sperling Psychol. for Millions (1947) xii. 251 Youngsters will imitate and acquire the expressed or acted out fears of their elders. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. 38/5 The series is enhanced by teachers' notes that distinguish story and qualitative movement characterisation from in-role, acted-out drama. 1996 R. I. Simon Bad Men do what Good Men Dream (1999) vi. 132 Unrestrained, progressive boundary violations usually reflect the acted-out conflicts of the therapist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1595 |
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