actuate

vt. 开动, 驱使, 激励

发音

UK /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/
UK /ˈæktju.eɪt/
CA /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/
US /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/
AU /ˈækt͡ʃʉ.æɪt/

词形变化

actuated actuates 三单 actuates actuatest actuateth actuating actuating 现在分词 actuated 过去式 actuated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

    及物

    Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.

  2. 2.

    To incite to action; to motivate.

    及物

    1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

move trip trigger spark activate prompt motivate incite propel set off

上位词 5

do make cause initiate pioneer

下位词 1

trigger

近义相关 4

move strike affect impress

词源

From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).

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