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单词 active
释义
active
adjective
uk
/ˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˈæk.tɪv/

activeadjective(BUSY)

B1
busywith aparticularactivity:
忙于…的
physically/mentallyactive经常运动的／思想活跃的
You have totrytokeepactive as yougrowolder.年岁大了，应该尽量保持身心活跃。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having a lot to do
  • busyI was busy clearing out the shed.
  • up to your ears in somethingI'm up to my ears in chores!
  • up to your eyeballs in somethingDon't bother her - she's up to her eyeballs in paperwork.
  • up to your eyes in somethingI'm up to my eyes in work at the moment.
  • up to your neck in somethingI can't help, I'm up to my neck in schoolwork.
  • have your hands fullI have my hands full with the kids at the moment, so I can't take on any more work.
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More examples
  • It's good foroldpeopletostayactive if they can.
  • I had an activesociallifewhen I was atcollege.
  • At 84 he's stillquiteactive,althoughhewalkswith theaidof astick.
  • It was a very activedayon thestockmarkettoday.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Busy and active
  • abustle
  • be (as) busy as a beeidiom
  • be all goidiom
  • be at workidiom
  • be back in harnessidiom
  • boot
  • frenetic
  • frenetically
  • gangbusters
  • girlie swot
  • hard-working
  • peak
  • plate
  • rev
  • run round
  • run round in circlesidiom
  • run round like a headless chickenidiom
  • rush/runsomeoneofftheirfeetidiom
  • scurry
  • spread
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activeadjective(INVOLVED)

B2
involvedin aparticularactivity:
参与…的
Enemyforcesremainactive in themountainousareasaround thecity.敌军在城市周围的山区仍然活动猖獗。
She's very activein(=involvedin)localpolitics.她积极参与当地的政治活动。
Both of hisparentswere verypoliticallyactive.他的父母在政治上都很积极。
It isimportanttoeducatechildrenbefore theybecomesexuallyactive.在孩子们进入性活跃期之前对他们进行有关教育很重要。
Hetakesa more activerolein theteamnowadays.现在他在队里发挥着更为积极的作用。
She's an activememberof hertradeunion(= not onlybelongsto it, but doesworktohelpit).她是工会中的活跃分子。
More examples
  • They bothplayan activepartintheirlocalchurch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Busy and active
  • abustle
  • be (as) busy as a beeidiom
  • be all goidiom
  • be at workidiom
  • be back in harnessidiom
  • boot
  • frenetic
  • frenetically
  • gangbusters
  • girlie swot
  • hard-working
  • peak
  • plate
  • rev
  • run round
  • run round in circlesidiom
  • run round like a headless chickenidiom
  • rush/runsomeoneofftheirfeetidiom
  • scurry
  • spread
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activeadjective(VOLCANO)

C1
An activevolcanois one that mighterupt(=throwouthotliquidrockor othermatter)at anytime.
（火山）活的，处于活跃期的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geology: earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
  • crater
  • dormant
  • epicentre
  • fault line
  • lahar
  • lava
  • non-volcanic
  • pyroclastic
  • quake
  • seismic
  • seismically
  • seismograph
  • seismologist
  • seismology
  • shock wave
  • the Richter scale
  • the San Andreas Fault
  • tremor
  • volcanic
  • volcano
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activeadjective(GRAMMAR)

B1language
An activeverborsentenceis one in which thesubjectis thepersonor thing thatperformsthestatedaction:
主动语态的
"Catrin told me" is an activesentence, and "I was told by Catrin" ispassive.Catrin told me 是主动句，而 I was told by Catrin 是被动句。
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passiveadjective
More examples
  • When you use activeverbsinyourwrittenwork,ratherthanpassiveones, itsoundsclearerand moredirect.
  • Activesentences, such as 'Thedogchasedthecat', are moreconcisethanpassivesentenceslike 'Thecatwaschasedby thedog'.
  • Speech-writers should use activeverbsfor astrong,directstyle.
  • Thesentence'OrangescontainVitamin C' uses an activeverb.
  • In thesentence'Athiefstolemywallet', theverbis active and in the pastsimpletense.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
  • accusative
  • art
  • bare infinitive
  • bent
  • continuous
  • infinitive
  • non-progressive
  • passive
  • passivization
  • pluperfect
  • present
  • present participle
  • progressive
  • subjunctive
  • the active voice
  • the first person
  • the future perfect
  • the past continuous
  • the past tense
  • the present continuous
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Grammar

Word order and focus
There are a number of ways in which we can arrange subjects, verbs, objects, complements and adjuncts within a clause. Depending on how we arrange them, we can focus on certain elements over others, especially if we arrange them in an unusual way.…
Word order: structures
There are a number of options which we can use to add emphasis or focus within a clause.…
Indirect object versus prepositional complement
When we talk about someone receiving something, we can express it using the typical word order: indirect object (io) + direct object (do).…
Active and passive voice
Active voice is the typical word order. That is when we put the subject (the doer) first, followed by the new information (which is the focus):…
Cleft sentences
Cleft means ‘divided’ and in a cleft sentence a single message is divided across two clauses. We use cleft sentences, especially in speaking, to connect what is already understood to what is new to the listener. By doing this we can focus on the new information. There are different types of cleft sentence.…
active
noun[S]
uk
/ˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˈæk.tɪv/
the active
→the active voice
主动语态（同 the active voice）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
  • accusative
  • art
  • bare infinitive
  • bent
  • continuous
  • infinitive
  • non-progressive
  • passive
  • passivization
  • pluperfect
  • present
  • present participle
  • progressive
  • subjunctive
  • the active voice
  • the first person
  • the future perfect
  • the past continuous
  • the past tense
  • the present continuous
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(Definition ofactivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

active| American Dictionary

active
adjective
us
/ˈæk·tɪv/

activeadjective(DOING SOMETHING)

doing something as you usually do, or beingableto do somethingphysicallyormentally:
He was still an activerunnerat 55.
She’s active instatepolitics(=involvedin it).
Sheintendstoremainpoliticallyactive.
HisNationalGuardunitwas put on activeduty(= madepartof theregularfightingforce).
An activevolcanois one that mightbegintothrowouthotgases,liquid, orrocksat anytime.

activeadjective(GRAMMAR)

[not gradable]grammar
describingaverborsentencein which thesubjectis thepersonor thing that does what isstated:
In "Alex gave me agift," theverb"give" is active, and in "I was given agiftby Alex," "give" ispassive.

actively

adverbus
/ˈæk·tɪv·li/
He isn’t activelyinvolvedin theday-to-daymanagementof thebusinessanymore.
(Definition ofactivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

active| Business English

active
adjective
uk
/ˈæktɪv/us
busywith orinvolvedin aparticularactivity:
active in sthHeexpectstoremainactiveincommoditytradingin London.
Sheclaimsto be active inalmosteveryaspectof herbusiness.
doing somethingpracticalratherthanallowingasituationtodevelopby itself:
an active member/participantHe has been an activememberof the Executive Committee since 2004.
an active part/roleEmployees who take an activepartin theprojectfeelmoreinvolvedand moreresponsibleabout theresults.
activeparticipation/intervention
active in sthWe wouldexpectcountrieswhosefirmsarehighlyglobalizedto be more active inadoptinge-commerce.
See also
proactive
FINANCE
involvinga lot ofbuyingandsellingofshares, etc.:
active buying/tradingTrading was most active in five-year maturities.
Thesessionwas active early, butvolumedroppedoff aftermidday.
This made Intel the second-mostactivestockin U.S.trading.
used todescribeacompanythat issellinggoodsandservicesor doingbusiness,especiallyin aparticularplace:
Whitbread wasespeciallyactive but several otherbrewerswere alsobuyingat therateof 20 or 30 ayear.
be active in sthThecompanyis active in awiderangeofbusinesses,includingoil,chemicals, andconstruction.
Over the last tenyears, thecompanyhasbecomeactive inEurope.
workingor being used at aparticulartime:
active accounts/cardholders/customersThecompanyhas more than one million activecardholders, with about 44% of allgroupsalesbeing made through thecard.
activeemployees/members
Theorganizationreleasesaweeklysurveyof thenumberof activeoilandgasdrillingrigsin the U.S. and Canada.
IT
relatingtoprograms, etc. that are being used at aparticulartime:
Click theassociatedtabin abarrunningacrossthescreen, and theselectedpageopensin the activewindow.
(Definition ofactivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactive

active
Stories are told of physicallyactiveand diet-conscious individuals who find they have high blood cholesterol.
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The teachers, as working women who wereactivein civic affairs, served as role models to the pupils.
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She had returned to heractiveschedule with friends, and volunteering.
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Such elections require not only theactiveparticipation of political parties to ensure competition and form a government, but also to legitimise the government.
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Over the past decade or so, there has beenactivedevelopment of alternative time-frequency representation schemes, independent of computer music research and largely theoretical.
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Not only primates and cetaceans, but also other long-lived mammals, like elephants, have females playingactive(crucial) post-reproductive roles.
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Such sentences with anactivesentence construction but a reversal of thematic roles were absent from the data.
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One problem is certainly motivation: the language is taught at school in a way that does not encourageactiveuse or involvement.
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We have much less information about whether the patients in the trials also had evidence ofactivepsychotic phenomena in addition to any depressive symptoms.
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The lower degree of depth-mediated inhibition in no-till may increase the percentage ofactiveseed bank, thereby reducing the amount of older seeds.
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Theactivelearning of teachers alongside students in teaching- learning processes is emphasized.
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Our second test of the development of coping assessed relations between the adolescent trajectories of coping andactive, avoidant, and cognitive coping in young adulthood.
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Responses determined to be scorable were utterances that had sufficient structure to be deemed full or partial passive sentences or full or partialactivesentences.
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Thus, this ratio is a performance measure that indicates the value added byactivemanagement to the strategic policy.
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This led toactivelobbying for patient choice of these hospitals.
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