名词行动，活动; 功能，作用; 手段; [法]诉讼

1. 行动；措施
Action is doing something for a particular purpose.

e.g. The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis...
政府正采取紧急措施解决住房危机。
e.g. What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.
他说，当务之急就是采取果断行动制止他所称的“这些野蛮罪行”。

2. 所做之事；行为
An action is something that you do on a particular occasion.

e.g. As always, Peter had a reason for his action...
一如往常，彼得对自己的行为总有说辞。
e.g. Jack was the sort of man who did not like his actions questioned.
杰克是那种不喜欢别人质疑自己行为的人。

3. 诉讼；起诉
To bring a legal action against someone means to bring a case against them in a court of law.

e.g. Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.
两家很有名的律师事务所准备向烟草公司提起诉讼。
e.g. ...a libel action brought by one of France's bureaucrats.
由法国的一名官员提起的诽谤诉讼

4. （化学物质产生的）作用，效果
The action of a chemical is the way in which it works, or the effects that it has.

e.g. Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
他对一些毒药的性质和作用的描述惊人地准确。

5. 激动人心（或重要）的大事
The action is all the important and exciting things that are happening in a situation.

e.g. Hollywood is where the action is now.
好莱坞如今风头正盛。

6. 战斗；作战
The fighting which takes place in a war can be referred to as action .

e.g. Leaders in America have generally supported military action...
美国领导人普遍支持采取军事行动。
e.g. 13 soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in action.
战斗中有13名士兵阵亡，10名士兵受伤。

7. （电影）情节惊险刺激的；动作（片）的；动作片中的
An action movie is a film in which a lot of dangerous and exciting things happen. An action hero is the main character in one of these films.

e.g. Stallone wants to break away from his action-hero image.
史泰龙想要摆脱动作明星的形象。

8. 处理
If you action something that needs to be done, you deal with it.

e.g. Documents can be actioned, or filed immediately.
文件可被立即处理或归档。

9. （因受伤或损坏）不能工作，失去作用，无法运转
If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.

e.g. He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury...
由于膝部严重受伤，他已停工16个月。
e.g. They were trapped after the lifts went out of action.
电梯出现故障，他们被困在里面了。

10. （通常为了赚钱或提高影响力）插手，参与
If someone wants to have a piece of the action or a slice of the action, they want to take part in an exciting activity or situation, usually in order to make money or become more important.

e.g. Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action.
各个度假点重又呈现出一派兴旺景象，旅游业的龙头老大们都在争着分一杯羹。

11. 把…付诸实践
If you put an idea or policy into action, you begin to use it or cause it to operate.

e.g. They have learned the lessons of business management theory, and put them into action.
他们不仅学习了商业管理理论方面的课程，并且学以致用。

名词恐怖，可怕的事物; 嫌恶，痛恨; 讨厌的人或事; 〈口〉非常丑恶

1. 震惊;恐惧;惊恐
Horror is a feeling of great shock, fear, and worry caused by something extremely unpleasant.

e.g. I felt numb with horror...
我惊呆了。
e.g. As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me.
我惊恐万分地看着船加足马力从我身边开走了。

2. 惧怕;憎恶
If you have a horror of something, you are afraid of it or dislike it very much.

e.g. ...his horror of death.
他对死亡的惧怕

3. 恐怖性;残酷
The horror of something, especially something that hurts people, is its very great unpleasantness.

e.g. ...the horror of this most bloody of civil wars.
这场极其血腥的内战的惨烈

4. 极其不愉快（或可怕）的经历
You can refer to extremely unpleasant or frightening experiences as horrors .

e.g. Can you possibly imagine all the horrors we have undergone since I last wrote you?
你能想象得出自从我上次给你写信以来我们所经历的所有可怕事情吗？

5. 极讨厌（或丑陋）的人（或事物）
If you refer to someone or something as a horror, you mean that you think they are very unpleasant or ugly.

e.g. Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.
招待我们的男主人傲慢无礼。真不知道他温柔的妻子怎么能容忍这样一个讨厌的家伙。

6. （影片或故事）情节恐怖的，惊悚的
A horror film or story is intended to be very frightening.

e.g. ...a psychological horror film.
心理恐怖片

7. （经历或事件）非常不愉快的
You can refer to an account of a very unpleasant experience or event as a horror story.

e.g. ...a horror story about lost luggage while flying.
乘飞机旅行时丢失行李的糟糕经历

8. 最糟糕不过的事情
Horror of horrors is used to refer to something that you consider to be the worst part of a situation.

e.g. The company has already boosted its share of the UK tea market with its round tea bags. Now it is successfully converting the nation to (horror of horrors) instant tea.
该公司已经凭借其袋泡茶提高了自己在英国茶叶市场的占有份额。现在它正在成功地使该国人民改喝（最可怕不过的）速溶茶。

形容词活生生的，有生气的; 活泼的，活跃的; 愉快的; 动画（片）的

动词使…有生气(animate的过去式)

1. 生气勃勃的；活泼的；热烈的
Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.

e.g. She was seen in animated conversation with the singer Yuri Marusin...
有人看见她与歌手尤里·马鲁辛交谈甚欢。
e.g. Everyone became more animated.
每个人都变得更加活泼热情。