action
英 ['ækʃ(ə)n]
美['ækʃən]
	    - n. 行动;活动;功能;战斗;情节
 - n. (Action)人名;(英)埃克申
 
英英释意
- 1. something done (usually as opposed to something said);
 - "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
 
- 2. the state of being active;
 - "his sphere of activity"
 - "he is out of action"
 
- 3. 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
 
- 4. an act by a government body or supranational organization;
 - "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"
 - "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"
 - "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
 
- 5. a military engagement;
 - "he saw action in Korea"
 
- 6. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
 - "the action of natural forces"
 - "volcanic activity"
 
- 7. the series of events that form a plot;
 - "his novels always have a lot of action"
 
- 8. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
 - "the piano had a very stiff action"
 
- 9. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
 - "a man of action"
 
- 10. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
 - "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"
 - "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"