英和辞典
  
act中A2
ǽktアクト
動詞
❶行動する, 振ふる舞まう
Think well before you act.
Think well before you act.
行動する前によく考えよ[よく考えてから行動せよ].
Coral reefs act as natural breakwaters.
Coral reefs act as natural breakwaters.
サンゴ礁しょうは自然の防波堤ていの役目をする.
act as chairperson
act as chairperson
(議長として行動する)議長を務める
Carol sometimes acts as her father's secretary.
Carol sometimes acts as her father's secretary.
キャロルは時々お父さんの秘書の役をする.
❷(劇などで役を)演じる, (映画などに)出演する; 「お芝居しばい」をする, ふりをする
Who's acting (the part of) Cinderella?
Who's acting (the part of) Cinderella?
誰だれがシンデレラの役をするのですか.
She doesn't really hate him. She is only acting.
She doesn't really hate him. She is only acting.
彼女は本当に彼が大嫌きらいなわけではないのです. そんなふりをしているだけです.
❸(機械・薬などが)働く, 作用する, 効く
The brake doesn't act well.
The brake doesn't act well.
ブレーキがよくきかない.
This medicine acts very quickly.
This medicine acts very quickly.
この薬はとても速く効きます[効き目が速い].
名詞
❶(一時の)行為こうい, 行い
a kind act=an act of kindness
a kind act=an act of kindness
親切な行為
❷(演劇の)第~幕 (scene❷); (1つの番組の中の個々の)出し物, 演芸
Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii
Hamlet, Act I ワン, Scene ii トゥー
『ハムレット』第1幕第2場
This comedy has three acts.
This comedy has three acts.
この喜劇は3幕あります[3幕ものです].
❸お芝居, 見せかけ
She doesn't really hate you. It's only an act.
She doesn't really hate you. It's only an act.
彼女は本当に君が嫌いなわけじゃないよ. あれはほんのお芝居さ.
❹法令