activate

英 [ˈæktɪveɪt]

美 [ˈæktɪveɪt]

v.  使活动; 激活; 使活化

过去分词：activated　现在分词：activating　第三人称单数：activates　过去式：activated　

考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.4543 / COCA.6113

牛津词典

verb

• 使活动；激活；使活化
  to make sth such as a device or chemical process start working
  1. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
     这防盗警报器一动就会响。
  2. The gene is activated by a specific protein.
     这种基因由一种特异性蛋白激活。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使运作；使起作用；激活
  If a device or processis activated, something causes it to start working.
  1. Video cameras with night vision can be activated by movement.
     带夜视镜的摄像机一有动静就会启动。
  2. ...a voice-activated computer.
     声控电脑

英英释义

verb

• make active or more active
  1. activate an old file
• make (substances) radioactive
• aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
  Synonym:aerate
• make more adsorptive
  1. activate a metal
• put in motion or move to act
  1. trigger a reaction
  2. actuate the circuits
  Synonym:tripactuatetriggerset offspark offsparktrigger offtouch off

双语例句

• Video cameras with night vision can be activated by movement.
  带夜视镜的摄像机一有动静就会启动。
• We make this suggestion in order to activate our relations.
  我们提出这个建议是为了促进我们双方的关系。
• Select this box to activate the control ID and control type options.
  选择此框将激活“控件id”和“控件类型”选项。
• Or you might activate it by a button.
  或者你按下一个按钮也就触发它了。
• All you must do is add some declarations and activate the DWR servlet.
  需要做的仅是添加一些声明和激活一个DWRservlet。
• Drugs that activate or block these receptors more selectively are detailed in this and the next chapter.
  选择性激活或阻断这些受体的药物将于本章和下一章中详述。
• Let the sounds resonate and activate this area of your brain.
  要让这个声音共鸣并激活你们大脑中的这个区域。
• We must activate the youth to study.
  我们要激励青年去学习。
• Activate the image in the new host environment.
  在新主机环境中部署和激活映像。
• You can activate the system by buttons or voice recognition.
  你可以通过按钮或语音识别来激活系统。