| 释义 |
Adjective: activating 'aktu`veyting- Causing motion or action or change
- actuating
Noun: activating 'aktu`veyting- The activity of causing to have energy and be active
- energizing, activation, energising [Brit]
Verb: activate 'aktu`veyt- Put in motion or move to act
- trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off - Make active or more active
"activate an old file" - Make more adsorptive
"activate a metal" - Aerate (sewage) so as to favour the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
- aerate - Make (substances) radioactive
See also: activation, activator, causative Type of: activity, alter, change, initiate, modify, pioneer Antonym: inactivate Encyclopedia: Activate |