14PHRASE 当场抓住;抓现行 If you catch someone in the act, you discover them doing something wrong or committing a crime. 当场抓住;抓现行
The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives. [+ of]
那些人在挖掘掩埋的爆炸物时被逮个正着。
15PHRASE 改邪归正;重新做人 If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way. 改邪归正;重新做人 [informal]
The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。
16PHRASE (为了得到好处等)参与,插一手 If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else. (为了得到好处等)参与,插一手 [informal]
In the 1970s Kodak, anxious to get in on the act, launched its own instant camera.
20世纪70年代,急于分一杯羹的柯达公司推出了自己的拍立得相机。
17PHRASE 正在做… You say that someone was in the act of doing something to indicate what they were doing when they were seen or interrupted. 正在做…
Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.
当尼尔从后面走过来时,肯正在付账。
18PHRASE 全力以赴;集中精力;劲儿往一处使 If you get your act together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively. 全力以赴;集中精力;劲儿往一处使 [informal]
The Government should get its act together.
政府应该集中力量。
We have to get our act together — we have to organize ourselves.
我们必须把劲儿往一处使—我们得组织起来。
19 to act one's age→see: age to act the fool→see: fool