1·The government took swift action.
政府立即采取了行动。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·They leapt into action immediately.
他们立即断然采取了行动。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·His remark jolted her into action.
他的话使她猛然醒悟而行动起来。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·He vowed to take legal action.
他发誓要诉诸法律行动。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·We may have to take military action.
我们可能不得不采取军事行动。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·The sound track did not synchronize with the action.
声迹与动作不同步。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Almost as a reflex action , I grab my pen as the phone rings.
几乎是一种下意识的动作，电话铃一响，我就抓起笔。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He repeated the action a few times.
他把动作重复了几次。
4·We see real action from past games on videos.
我们从过去的游戏视频中看到了真正的动作。
5·We carefully watched every detail of his action.
我们仔细观察了他动作的每个细节。
1·He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury.
他因严重的膝伤已经16个月不能活动了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·However, most of its internal heat comes from the action of its muscles.
然而，它的大部分内热来自肌肉活动。
3·The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second by bacterial action.
土壤首先被其中生长的农作物消耗，其次被细菌活动消耗。
4·So far, visitors to the theme park have been excited to see the birds in action.
到目前为止，主题公园的游客们看到这些鸟儿在活动都很兴奋。
5·One of those is a previous set of skills that I used to the outdoor action program.
其中之一就是我之前在户外活动项目中用到的技能。
1·Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners.
他们的举动只会使土地所有者们的态度变得强硬。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Many police officers view this action as a vote of no-confidence in their service.
很多警官把这种举动看作是对他们工作的不信任。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.
我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·Not a dangerous action can peep out his head.
危险的举动绝不会在他头脑中出现。
5·I am come to see thy father, Hareton, 'I added, guessing from the action that Nelly, if she lived in his memory at all, was not recognized as one with me.
“我是来看你父亲的，哈里顿，”我又说，从这举动中猜出，即使耐莉还活在他的记忆里的话，他也不认识我就是耐莉了。他举起他的飞镖要掷。
1·Many soldiers were listed as missing in action.
许多士兵都被列在战斗失踪人员名单上。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He got wounded in action.
他在战斗中挂了花。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·You have to understand, I like action!
你得明白，我热爱战斗！
4·He is best known for saying that "any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed" and, in following with this, for carrying a sword into battle.
他最出名的事迹是说出“参加战斗的军官不带剑等于着装不整”这样的名言，以及顺理成章的，带着剑参加战斗。
5·Had he seen any action, I wanted to know.
我想知道他是不是看见过战斗。
1·I like films with plenty of action.
我喜欢情节曲折离奇的影片。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The director transposes the action from sixteenth-century France to post-Civil War America.
导演把情节从16世纪的法国转换到内战后的美国。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·In "To You, the Birdie!", the action was reconstructed around a badminton game, shuttlecocks landing on the ground like the sound of shattered crockery.
而在《致小鸟》中，所有情节都被重新组织在一场羽毛球比赛之中，球落地则象征陶器破碎的声音。
4·Universities and curricula are designed along the three unities of French classical tragedy: time, action, and place.
大学和课程是按照法国古典悲剧的三一律设计的：时间、情节和地点相一致。
5·The action in the story is good but the characters aren't very life like; see if you can flesh them out a little.
这个故事的情节不错，但是角色不太真实；你看看是否能使角色有血有肉一些。