首页英语词典activateactivate英英释意

activate

英 ['æktɪveɪt] 美['æktə'vet]
  • vt. 刺激;使活动;使活泼;使产生放射性
  • vi. 激活;有活力

英英释意


1. put in motion or move to act;
"trigger a reaction"
"actuate the circuits"
2. make active or more active;
"activate an old file"
3. make more adsorptive;
"activate a metal"
4. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
5. make (substances) radioactive