| 单词 | active |
| 释义 | active (once / 49 pages) 1adjn 2adjn 3adjn 4adj Something that is active is characterized by movement and action. That action might be a random or temporary movement, such as someone who is active and exercises only now and then, or something continuous, like an active strain of a virus. Since the adjective active suggests activity, applying it to anything implies some sort of motion or action. A person might be physically active, not sitting around and doing nothing, or mentally active, working the mind. In language, we refer to "the active voice" as one in which the subject does the action, in contrast to the passive voice, a rather boring style where the subject is the receiver of the action. Even in writing, it’s better to be active! WORD FAMILYactive: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive+/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/activate: activated, activates, activating, activation, activator, deactivate, reactivate/activating: self-activating/activation: activations/activator: activators/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 EXAMPLESThe debate between liberalism and republicanism, especially active in the 1970s, eventually subsided. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) That’s the fifth longest active streak and eighth longest all-time. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Getting men to be active fathers may not seem the most obvious way to tackle gender-based violence. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj characterized by energetic activity an active toddler active as a gazelle an active man is a man of action Syn|Ant about, astir on the move acrobatic, athletic, gymnasticvigorously active agile, nimble, quick, sprymoving quickly and lightly hotmarked by excited activity hyperactive, overactivemore active than normal on the go(of a person) very busy and active sportyappropriate for sport or engagement in a sport livelyfull of life and energy energeticpossessing or exerting or displaying energy inactive not active physically or mentally desk-bound, deskboundrestricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity abeyant, dormantinactive but capable of becoming active hypoactive, underactiveabnormally inactive inert, sluggish, soggy, torpidslow and apathetic sedentaryrequiring sitting or little activity lethargic, unenrgeticdeficient in alertness or activity 2adj taking part in an activity an active member of the club he was politically active Syn participating involved connected by participation or association or use 3adj engaged in or ready for military or naval operations on active duty Syn combat-ready, fighting operational (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations 4adj engaged in full-time work active duty though past retirement age he is still active in his profession Syn|Ant activated (military) set up and placed on active assignment inactive not engaged in full-time work offnot performing or scheduled for duties retiredno longer active in your work or profession 5adj (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions Ant quiet of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g. 6adj (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting Syn|Ant alive, live capable of erupting liveexerting force or containing energy extinct (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive deadphysically inactive 7adj (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt active volcanos Syn|Ant eruptive actively spewing out lava dormant, inactive (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct quiescentbeing quiet or still or inactive 8n a person who is a participating member of an organization 2the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 1adj exerting influence or producing a change or effect an active ingredient Syn|Ant activated rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive counteractiveopposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action surface-activecapable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents inactive not exerting influence or change quiescentnot active or activated 2adj disposed to take action or effectuate change a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations an active antagonism he was active in drawing attention to their grievances Syn|Ant activist, activistic advocating or engaged in activism hands-oninvolving active participation proactive(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens inactive, passive lacking in energy or will hands-offnot involving participation or intervention resistless, supine, unresistingoffering no resistance 3adj tending to become more severe or wider in scope active tuberculosis Syn|Ant progressive advancing in severity inactive (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly dead-endlacking opportunities for development or advancement flatcommercially inactive indolent(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless latent(pathology) not presently active quiescent(pathology) causing no symptoms 4n chemical agent capable of activity 3Syn|Hyper active agent chemical agent an agent that produces chemical reactions 1adj (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being Syn|Ant dynamic stative ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action 2adj expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" Ant passive expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb 3n the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb 4`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice Syn|Ant|Hyper active voice passive, passive voice the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb voice (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes 1adj full of activity or engaged in continuous activity an active seaport an active bond market an active account Syn|Ant brisk very active bustlingfull of energetic and noisy activity busycrowded with or characterized by much activity goingin full operation openready for business springy(of movements) light and confidently active inactive lacking activity; lying idle or unused darknot giving performances; closed deaddevoid of activity dull, slow, sluggish(of business) not active or brisk idle, unusednot in active use strikeboundclosed or immobilized by a strike 2adj in operation an active tradition Syn alive existent, existing having existence or being or actuality |
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