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activate v.激活；使活动；起动 (1) 你可以通过按钮或者声音识别来激活系统。(2) 防盗铃误响了。(3) 我想，如果你把下方的蓝色开关轻轻地推上，冷气就会出来了。(4) 这些按钮能启动电梯。 To activate something is to make it active. It’s not just for bad guys — when you activate a credit or library card, you can start using it. When a coach activates a player on a sports team, the player enters the game. If someone activates a bomb, you should run. If the pancakes you’re cooking burst into flames, you’ll probably activate the smoke alarm. And you should run.

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英 ['æktɪveɪt] 美 ['æktɪveɪt] (1) You can activate the system by buttons or voice recognition.(2) The burglar alarm was activated by mistake.(3) I think if you flip the blue switch near the bottom it will activate the air conditioner.(4) These push buttons can activate the elevator. To activate something is to start it off, trigger it, or set it in motion. A villain in a late-night movie might say, “Activate the robot chickens!” And then you’re free to activate your remote and change the channel. 1[VERB 动词]使运作；使起作用；激活 If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.   [be V-ed]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]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。...a voice-activated computer.声控电脑activationA computer controls the activation of an air bag.电脑控制着气囊的启动。

英语单词	activate
英美音标	英 ['æktɪveɪt] 美 ['æktɪveɪt]
中文释义	v.激活；使活动；起动
英语例句	(1) You can activate the system by buttons or voice recognition. (2) The burglar alarm was activated by mistake. (3) I think if you flip the blue switch near the bottom it will activate the air conditioner. (4) These push buttons can activate the elevator.
中文例句	(1) 你可以通过按钮或者声音识别来激活系统。 (2) 防盗铃误响了。 (3) 我想，如果你把下方的蓝色开关轻轻地推上，冷气就会出来了。 (4) 这些按钮能启动电梯。
vocabulary简明	To activate something is to start it off, trigger it, or set it in motion. A villain in a late-night movie might say, “Activate the robot chickens!” And then you’re free to activate your remote and change the channel.
vocabulary扩展	To activate something is to make it active. It’s not just for bad guys — when you activate a credit or library card, you can start using it. When a coach activates a player on a sports team, the player enters the game. If someone activates a bomb, you should run. If the pancakes you’re cooking burst into flames, you’ll probably activate the smoke alarm. And you should run.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使运作；使起作用；激活 If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working. [be V-ed] [V-ed] [usu passive] 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。 ...a voice-activated computer. 声控电脑 activation A computer controls the activation of an air bag. 电脑控制着气囊的启动。

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