英语词汇“collocation_english_act”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

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act of contrition
For example, in the absence of priestly absolution, the laity must assist the sick to perform 'an act of contrition' which would achieve forgiveness and open the gates of paradise.
act of cowardice
The arguments that have been put to us are, in effect, that it is an act of abdication and an act of cowardice.
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act of treason
Does not the latest impasse demonstrate the folly of not putting down by force the original act of treason in 1965?
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act of violence
Via a small act of violence, his body had been opened to every aesthetic possibility.
act of worship
Rather, they sang at church functions as an act of worship and to lead worship, but they did not 'perform' to audiences.
administrative act
All processes are digitised, but because of legal obligations, an administrative act is mandatory for refunds.
aggressive act
Overall, 49% of students reported being the victim of at least one physically aggressive act in the past 30 days, and 33% experienced multiple acts of physical victimization.
alleged act
Will this form of highlighting an alleged act or incident be the signal for the committee to act?
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barbaric act
It is difficult to accept such a barbaric act could be carried out for the mere fact of having had a baby after a divorce.
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brutal act
We unreservedly condemn that callous and brutal act.
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charitable act
Enlargement is, then, not a charitable act or a work of mercy.
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circus act
The industry began in a quite seedy way as a circus act, and then as a sort of peepshow activity.
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conscious act
Memory here counts for the psychological patterns and secret constructions by which individual lives are led, either through shadowy impulse or conscious act.
courageous act
We must thank him for this courageous act.
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creative act
Nitro-aerial particles held an innate power of motion, conferred by the initial divine creative act.
criminal act
What is clear, however, is that wood-gathering without the owners' permission was seen as a criminal act.
deliberate act
With an intelligent controller these two thresholds can be made distinct and so the release of an object is a robust and deliberate act.
despicable act
As the sites usually house families, that is a despicable act.
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disappearing act
One answer to these questions is already implicit in the disappearing act performed by nineteenth-century poetesses.
evil act
The evil act, as the quotation above says, is based on an evil will (the bad tree).
final act
We live our lives as a play which is stripped of its final act.
heinous act
In her message she indirectly hinted her uncle not to commit such heinous act of betrayal to his country.
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heroic act
A journalist was so taken with the heroic act that he asked him his name and said that he would give him an advertisement in the newspapers.
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horrific act
The desensitising goes on because of the constancy, not because of a specific and horrific act which can frighten or disturb someone.
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hostile act
Furthermore, the government's decision to remove their citizenship rights and social security was a hostile act that only served to foster their mistrust and political disloyalty.
intentional act
We began to suspect that initiating this chain of events was an intentional act of communication on his part.
magic act
Beckman's focus, on which her book plays virtuoso variations, is the popular 1880s magic act in which a magician makes his female assistant disappear.
mere act
Traditional celebrations honor individual heroism, not the mere act of survival in a modern war.
musical act
Rather than the audience being passive receivers of his music (or any music), it is as implicated in the musical act as is the musician.
negligent act
In any event, under the directive, death caused by a negligent act should continue, to be covered by a minimum liability.
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opening act
It was also the first time the band toured without an opening act.
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outrageous act
It is an outrageous act of aggression, which places the lives of thousands of innocent people in jeopardy, and the world cannot simply sit by.
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overt act
Do you think that if an overt act were perpetrated in this town at the present time a riot could be avoided?
random act
Rebellion was not, and is not, a random act.
reform act
It was they who had made the reform act and who had most to lose from its amendment.
right act
Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence.
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riot act
Some, like the riot act, are not referential in their idiomatic use.
selfless act
How can it be thought of then as a selfless act, which, of course, is at the heart of what we consider altruism?
shameful act
If an appeal was made on fact, he might be guilty of misconduct in its technical sense while not committing a shameful act.
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symbolic act
Instead, she performs a symbolic act, a simple gesture.
unnatural act
Writing (is an unnatural act).
very act
In the very act of labelling a transition as being one from localist to distributed coding, one is assuming a dichotomy between the two.
violent act
We have seen before the sudden violent act and then the soft words; the reasonable explanations.
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wrongful act
And if punishment is to be directed against a character who is strongly indifferent toward others' important interests, why require a wrongful act at all?
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Collocations with act