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react

/ree-akt/US // riˈækt //UK // (rɪˈækt) //

反应,做出反应,反响,应对

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
    • : to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things.
    • : to act in a reverse direction or manner, especially so as to return to a prior condition.
    • : to act in opposition, as against some force.
    • : to respond to a stimulus in a particular manner: reacting to a shock by jumping; to react to the word “coward” with anger.
    • : to undergo a chemical reaction.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrespond; conduct oneself

Examples

  • D’Agostino said the utility brought in social scientists to try and get a better gauge on how people react to different kinds of warnings.

  • Samples from the first five volunteers reacted to both tuberculosis and Candida.

  • It is to generally be disposed to act and react to the world as if that is so.

  • In 2011, Jason Moser studied how the brain reacts when people make an error.

  • The police were clearly confused by my reaction, but I didn’t know how else to react.

  • People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

  • I know, some of you will now react by saying that the Netanyahu government supports a Palestinian state.

  • Instead of reacting to Republican proposals, President Obama is forcing Republicans to react to him.

  • These insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.

  • The country has the ability to react very quickly because of the experience of the physicians and the political will to do so.

  • But Most's attitude toward me will influence them: it will dampen their enthusiasm, and thus react on the propaganda.

  • As to walking, though the earth be stepped on by the feet, it does not react (or, experience) as a consequence.

  • But as yet this feeling had not begun in any way to react upon the army.

  • Take, for instance, the matter of a caress or an embrace—how would you react to repeated rebuff?

  • This pressure soon began to react upon the centers of Latin culture.