| 釋義 |
actionn.
1. activity 活 動(dòng)。
△Rom. 2. 3. 22: “And vicesometime’s by action dignified.” i. e. a bad qualitymay,under certain circumstances,put to good use.好好利用，有時(shí)罪惡也會(huì)有好的結(jié)果。
△Oth. 1. 3. 84: “theyhave used / Their dearest action in the tented field；”它們一直都是在戰(zhàn)場上展開它們最有力的活動(dòng)。
2. movement,attitude舉動(dòng)，姿態(tài)。
△Ham. 1. 2. 84:“For they are actions that a man might play，”因?yàn)檫@是人人可以假扮出來的舉動(dòng)。
△Ham. 1. 4. 60: “courteousaction”，禮貌的動(dòng)作。
3. attitude,gesture,gesticulation 姿態(tài)，手勢(shì)，姿勢(shì)。
△Ham. 3. 4. 127 (128):“Lest with this piteous actionyou convert / My stern effects，”否則你這種可憐的神情會(huì)改變我的堅(jiān)決的主意。
△L. L. L. 5. 2. 99: “Action and ac-cent did they teach him there.”他們就在那里教他動(dòng)作的姿勢(shì)和說話的聲調(diào)。
△2H. VI. 5. 1. 8:“I cannot give dueaction to my words,/ Except a sword or sceptre bal-ance it.”我無法給我的語言做出適當(dāng)手勢(shì)，除非手握寶劍或王杖以增加它的分量。
4. military operation軍事行動(dòng)。
△2H. IV. 4. 4. 88:“The manner how this action hath been borne / Hereat more leisure may your Highness read，”這次軍事行動(dòng)如何進(jìn)行的經(jīng)過，請(qǐng)陛下有暇時(shí)可以閱看。
△2H. IV. 4. 5. 213(214):“that action,hence borne out,/ May waste thememory of the former days.”這樣一來，在外國進(jìn)行的軍事行動(dòng)就可以消除往日的回憶。
5. fight戰(zhàn)斗。
△Oth. 2. 3. 388 (379): “Pleasure andaction make the hours seem short.”歡樂和打斗使得時(shí)間顯得短了。
△2H. IV. 1. 2. 242 (212): “There is not adangerous action can (= that can) peep out his headbut I am thrust upon it.”只要一有什么危險(xiǎn)的戰(zhàn)斗出現(xiàn)，總要把我推上前去。
△2H VI. 5. 2. 26: “My soul and bodyon the action both!”讓我的靈魂和肉體都投入戰(zhàn)斗吧！
6. fight,campaign戰(zhàn)斗，戰(zhàn)役。
△Ado. 1. 1. 307 (297):“When you went onward on this ended action.”當(dāng)你還在進(jìn)行這一場剛剛結(jié)束的戰(zhàn)事之際。
△Ado. 1. 1. 5: “Howmany gentlemen have you lost in this action”這次作戰(zhàn)你們損失了多少人？
7. engagement遭遇戰(zhàn)。
△1H. IV. 2. 4. 21 (20): “I tellthee,Ned,thou hast lost much honour that thou wert(= were) not with me in this action.”我告訴你，奈德，剛才這場遭遇戰(zhàn)，你沒有跟我在一起，失去了一個(gè)得到榮譽(yù)的機(jī)會(huì)。
8. legal action. lawsuit訴訟，案件。
△Tw. 5. 1. 285(275):“He upon some action / Is now in durance，”他為了一點(diǎn)案情而被拘留了。
△2H. IV. 1. 2. 172 (149): “Youmay thank the unquiet time for your quiet o’erpostingthat action.”你該感謝這個(gè)不安靜的時(shí)代，讓你安靜地逃避了那場官司。
△2H. IV. 5. 1. 87 (78):“to keep Prince Har-ry in continual laughter the wearing out of six fash-ions,which is four terms,or two actions，”使得哈利王子笑個(gè)不停，直到六種時(shí)尚的結(jié)束，也就是等于一年內(nèi)的四個(gè)開庭期，或者說打兩場官司的時(shí)間。(按：福斯塔夫在此既挖苦了時(shí)尚流行時(shí)間的短暫，又嘲笑了司法機(jī)關(guān)的拖拉作風(fēng)。)
enter the action: record the Iawsuit,begin the lawsuit把訴訟登記在案，開始訴訟。
△2H.IV. 2. 1. 1: “MasterFang,have you entered the action?”爪牙先生，告狀的事你立案了嗎？ (按： action又作exion，義同。)
9. accusation,charge告發(fā)，指控。
△Oth. 1. 3. 69:“yea,though our proper son / Stood in your action.” i. e.Faced your charge. 嗯，哪怕他是我的親兒子，也得接受你的控告。
△Tw. 4. 1. 37 (34):“I’ll have an action of batteryagainst him，”我要告他非法毆打的罪。 |