| 单词 | actuate |
| 释义 | actuate (once / 1512 pages) v To actuate is to put into motion. The "act" in actuate can remind you of this word's meaning — to put into action. A lever might actuate a pump, or malice might actuate a crime. Coming to us from the Latin word actus, which means "to act," actuate's meaning is simpler than it sounds — it just means to set in motion or activate some kind of motion. Think of one of those complex Rube Goldberg mouse traps; you know, the one where the boot kicks the ball that drops on the plank that tips over the ladder which rings a bell that cracks an egg that knocks over the cage onto the unsuspecting mouse. The boot actuates the whole shebang. WORD FAMILYactuate: actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuator+/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/active: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive/activity: activities/actor: actors/actress: actresses/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 EXAMPLES"My task was to design the means of allowing a customer, and only a genuine customer, to actuate the dispenser mechanism," he said. BBC(Oct 07, 2016) But technology's actuating force is to destroy such constructs. The Verge(Jun 02, 2016) In their place, Ara is going with physically connected pogo pins and an electronically actuated latch. The Verge(May 24, 2016) 1v put in motion or move to act actuate the circuits Syn|Hyper activate, 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 give an incentive for action Syn|Hyper incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon movearouse sympathy or compassion in cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally |
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