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

• You can use any other means to activate the same result.
  您可使用任何其他方法来激活相同的结果。
• 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。
• Or you might activate it by a button.
  或者你按下一个按钮也就触发它了。
• There you can also activate any special skill dialogues and functions.
  你也可以激活任何特殊技能对话框和功能。
• This can activate platelets and the clotting system, which in turn slows blood flow.
  它能导致突发高血压和血流不规则，进而激活血小板和凝血系统，并进一步降低血流速度。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have studied this device, but have been unable to activate it.
  我研究过这个设备，但是始终不能激活它。
• You can't change, but you can activate it if it is latent.
  你可以改变，但是如果是潜在的，你可以激活它。
• You can activate the canisters now.
  你现在可以就可以激活这些毒气罐了。