actuate

actuate
[`æktʃʊˌɛt; 'æktʃuɛit] (發音來源)
使行動

單字解釋

actuate
[`æktʃʊˌɛt; 'æktʃuɛit]
<<及物動詞>>
1 使<人>行動,激勵…
He was ~d by love for his mother.
他為愛母之情所激勵
2 開動<機器等>,使…運作 [運轉]
~ a time bomb
開動定時炸彈
vt. 開動, 驅使, 激勵
【GRE紅寶書】
ACTUATE v.驅使,激勵
(英) v.驅使,激勵(motivate; activate )
(記) act(行動)+uate(動詞後綴) →使...行動
(例) He is actuated not by kindness but by ambition.

【GRE藍寶書】
vt. 促使
(記) act行為+uate→使有作為→促 使 參考：activate 刺激，使活潑

【不擇手段】
v 驅使，激勵（某人做某事）＝mo tivate＝activate；使（機 器等）動作，使行動
(例) What actuated her to give up such a promising post?什麼原因使她放棄了這樣 一個很有前途的職位。
(記) act行動，uate動詞後綴－使… 行動

【Barron】
motivate
I fail to understand what actuated you to reply to this letter so nastily.

【21世紀英漢詞典】
ac.tu.ate
1 使行動,激勵…
He was ~d by love for his mother.
他為愛母之情所激勵
2 開動,使…運作 [運轉]
~ a time bomb
開動定時炸彈

【Collins】  ◇◇◇◇◇

actuate actuates actuating actuated
If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
They were actuated by desire.
As the aircraft became airborne, the engines overheated, actuating the fire extinguishers.
= activate
VB

英字分解

• act
• uate

act

do做; 行動
[example]
activity - something that a person does; react - to do something in response; interaction - communication between two or more things 

-ate, uate
動詞字尾 表示動作, 使...

列根成形

act

行動

uate

使

actuate

使行動

創義薛說

使行動 ➔ 使行動
使人產生行動，即激勵；使機器產生行動，即啟動開動機器。