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acknowledge
v.①承认，认为；②致谢；③确认
【例 1】 Dr. Worm acknowledges (①) that these figures are conservative, onereason for this is that fishing technology has improved.【译】 Worm博士承认这些数据还是保守的，一个原因就是捕鱼技术已经改进了很多。
act
v. ①行动，做事；②(on)起作用；③表演；④(for)代表，代替；n.①行为，动作；②(一)
幕；③法令，条例
【例1】Governments throughout the world act (v.②) on the assumption that thewelfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.【译】 世界各国的政府都基于一种观点行政，即人民的福利在很大程度上取决于本国的经济实力和国家的财富。【例 2】 The paid manager acting (v.④) for the company was in more directrelation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiarpersonal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under themore patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.【译】 代表公司进行管理的领薪经理们与工人和工人的需求形成更加直接的关系，但甚至他们也很少像正在被淘汰的旧式家族企业的家长制中的雇主那样熟悉和了解工人的情况。
【例 3】 Some , however , are less reasonable processes of different growth inwhich preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons inauthority, act (n.①) to alter the growth pattern of different areas.【译】 然而，不同的发展过程中，有些不怎么合理——在这些发展过程中，一些权威人士对科学研究应该采取的方式有偏见，从而改变了不同科学领域的发展模式。【例 4】 The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were requiredby the Thatcher Government’ s Broadcasting Act (n.③) to become more commercial,competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.【译】 按撒切尔政府广播法的要求，商业电视频道——第一和第四频道——正在进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。