actuate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/|/ˈæktju.eɪt/    美 /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/|/ˈækt͡ʃʉ.æɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. transitive
    — Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
  2. To incite to action; to motivate. transitive
    — 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11. A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.

词形变化

actuates present,singular,third-person actuating participle,present actuated participle,past actuated past

词汇关系

衍生词
actuatable actuation actuator reactuate underactuate
相关词
actualise actualize

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin āctus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin āctuō
Medieval Latin āctuātusder.
English actuate
From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).
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