| 单词 | activate |
| 释义 | activate (once / 1373 pages) v To activate something is to start it off, trigger it, or set it in motion. A villain in a late-night movie might say, “Activate the robot chickens!” And then you’re free to activate your remote and change the channel. To activate something is to make it active. It’s not just for bad guys — when you activate a credit or library card, you can start using it. When a coach activates a player on a sports team, the player enters the game. If someone activates a bomb, you should run. If the pancakes you’re cooking burst into flames, you’ll probably activate the smoke alarm. And you should run. WORD FAMILYactivate: activated, activates, activating, activation, activator, deactivate, reactivate+/act: actable, acted, acting, action, active, actor, actress, acts, actuate, counteract, enact, interact, overact, underact/actable: unactable/acting: actings, self-acting/action: actionable, actioned, actions, inaction/activating: self-activating/activation: activations/activator: activators/active: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive/activity: activities/actor: actors/actress: actresses/actuate: actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuator/actuator: actuators/counteract: counteracted, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counteracts/counteraction: counteractions/deactivate: deactivated, deactivates, deactivating, deactivation/enact: enacted, enacting, enactment, enacts, reenact/enactment: enactments/hyperactive: hyperactively, hyperactivity/inaction: inactions/inactivate: inactivated, inactivates, inactivating, inactivation/inactive: inactivate, inactively, inactiveness, inactivity/inactivity: inactivities/interact: interacted, interacting, interaction, interactive, interacts/interaction: interactional, interactions/interactive: interactively/overact: overacted, overacting, overacts/overacting: overactings/overactive: overactivity/reactivate: reactivated, reactivates, reactivating/reenact: reenacted, reenacting, reenactment, reenacts/reenactment: reenactments/underact: underacted, underacting, underacts USAGE EXAMPLESMore than two dozen sirens scattered in cities from Orting to the Port of Tacoma would activate. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We might be able to activate the inflammation in a controlled manner that actually works,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Among the other brain regions that were activated, however, were some associated with our interactions with other people. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1v put in motion or move to act Syn|Hyper actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip initiate, pioneer take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of 2v make active or more active activate an old file Ant|Hypo|Hyper deactivate, inactivate make inactive reactivate activate (an old file) anew alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter Syn|Hyper aerate alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v make more adsorptive activate a metal Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v make (substances) radioactive Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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