名词 action:

1. something done (usually as opposed to something said)

2. the state of being active

3. a military engagement

4. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

5. the series of events that form a plot

6. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

7. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

8. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

9. an act by a government body or supranational organization

10. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

动词 action:

1. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

2. put in effect

Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.

你的决定必须转化为具体明确的行动。

None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions.

这些人都不会愿意为自己的行为负责。

Ministers should be called to account for their actions.

部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。

Before she ran away, she left a note explaining her actions.

逃跑前，她留下一张便条解释原委。

Her actions and thoughts became distorted. So did her behavior.

她的行动和思想变得扭曲了，她的态度也是。

His actions, to his small perverted mind, were surely forgivable.

对他狭隘扭曲的心灵来说，他的行为当然是可以原谅的。

Allied military leaders have said they want actions, not words.

盟军领导人说他们要的是行动，不是空话。

We are all entirely responsible for our actions, and for our reactions.

我们都对自己的行为和反应负全责。

Their actions threatened a serious breach in relations between the two countries.

他们的行动使两国关系面临严重恶化的危险。

We'll always justify our actions with noble sounding theories.

我们总会用听起来非常高尚的理论为我们的行动辩护。

You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.

你开始体会到是什么样的行动在推动这个故事的发展。

His actions were commended by the Jury.

他的所作所为受到了陪审团的赞许。

Children's words and actions are often fairly random.

小孩子的言行常常是随性而为。

Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile.

音乐会的组织者指称该乐队的行为愚蠢幼稚。

His actions were accompanied by a rambling monologue.

他的行动伴随着一串冗长含糊的独白。