c. 1600, "performance of deeds;" 1660s, "performance of plays;" verbal noun from present participle of act (v.). Acting out in psychology is from 1945.
双语例句
1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。
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2. I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
我不会表现得像个疑神疑鬼的妻子一样自贬身价。
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3. For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery.
多年以来表演教学一直蒙着神秘的面纱。
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4. Acting is definitely a young person's profession in many ways.
从许多方面来说，表演无疑是吃青春饭的行当。
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5. She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again.
