英语词汇“actuate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

actuateactuate /ˈæktʃuˌeɪt/ verb formal

ETYMOLOGYactuate

Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin, past participle of actuare, from Latin actus; ➔ ACT¹

VERB TABLE

actuate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	actuate
	he, she, it	actuates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	actuated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have actuated
	he, she, it	has actuated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had actuated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will actuate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have actuated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am actuating
	he, she, it	is actuating
	you, we, they	are actuating
Past	I, he, she, it	was actuating
	you, we, they	were actuating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been actuating
	he, she, it	has been actuating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been actuating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be actuating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been actuating

1[transitive] to make a piece of machinery or electrical equipment start to operate2be actuated by something to behave in a particular way because of a feeling or a quality in your character