单词 | act upon |
释义 | act upon (once / 882 pages) v WORD FAMILY act upon: acted upon, acting upon, acts upon USAGE EXAMPLESI should stress that this tension isn’t and never will be acted upon. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) “Allegations received by police forces across the country are being swiftly acted upon,” Mr. Bailey said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) Not only does such “loose cannon” rhetoric divide our nation, but if acted upon is flatly inconsistent with our Constitution and our values. Time(Dec 08, 2016) v have and exert influence or effect Syn|Hypo|Hyper influence, work prejudice, prepossess influence (somebody's) opinion in advance form, imprintestablish or impress firmly in the mind militatehave force or influence; bring about an effect or change manipulate, pull strings, pull wiresinfluence or control shrewdly or deviously color, colourmodify or bias swing, swing overinfluence decisively blackjack, blackmail, pressureexert pressure on someone through threats carry, persuade, swaywin approval or support for get atinfluence by corruption fixinfluence an event or its outcome by illegal means dominatebe in control bias, predeterminecause to be biased biasinfluence in an unfair way overbearovercome possessenter into and control, as of emotions or ideas affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon |
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