It is sabotage. It means to damage or destroy as an act of subversion against an organization or nation.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

The semiotician's answer to this is it never could have happened simply as an act of agency, as an act of will.

符号学者这样解释,这不是一己之力的结果。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

This was an act of compulsion, and the poet had to be forced to press this lyric out of himself.

这是一个强迫性的行为,诗人被迫绞尽脑汁写出这首诗来。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He said the attempt by the United States to strengthen its force at Fort Sumter was clearly an act of aggression.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Israel was chosen by Yahweh in an act of spontaneous love it does not imply her perfection an act of spontaneous love for the patriarchs.

以色列被上帝选择是出于一种无意识的爱,这并不暗示着她是完美的,只是对族长无意识的喜欢。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But any attempt to send more men or supplies would be seen as an act of war civil war.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

None. When you walk through that door it's an act of free will, and I will not have anything other than complete silence.

走过那道门,是你的自由，我不会做其他事,除非保持安静。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Why does an act of consent make such a moral difference, that an act that would be wrong taking a life without consent, is morally permissible with consent?

为什么征得了同意，就能在道德上如此不同呢，没有征得同意就杀人，在道德上是不允许的，征得同意就是允许的吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Therefore,to send troops to a state where federal officers had resigned such as South Carolina would be an act of war against the state.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

This is an act of faith for me.

这就是我信仰下的实际行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If,the commander said, the governor had approved the shelling, it would be an act of war.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

SIPC was set up by an act of Congress.

证券投资者保护公司依国会法案设立

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The National Arboretum was established by an act of Congress in nineteen twenty-seven.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

Socrates' death at the age of 70 was intended by him as an act of philosophical martyrdom that would allow future philosophy to be favorably recognized as a source of courage and justice.

苏格拉底死于70，岁0,是他盘算中的,哲学殉道举动,让哲学在将来顺利地,被表彰为,是勇气与正义的泉源。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The movement of American troops there, they said,was an act of war.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

The governing of a distress call is actually an extremely delicate high-wire act for any young organism from an evolutionary point of view.

事实上，发出求救信号,是极其危险的行为,从进化的角度看,对任何一个年轻的生物体。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Some said his raid was an act of war.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

And just as in that earlier poem the act of fishing is symbolically resonant "The Fisherman" is an image of man searching the depths of the world for the wisdom that hides beneath the surface of things.

和以前的事一样,也是有象征意味的,渔夫是一个探索世界的深邃,和隐藏在事物表面下的智慧,的一个人物形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It is a scenario that has become all but routine - an act of piracy on the high seas by Somalis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

That's right. That's an example, as we talked about in the last class, of the act of keeping records influencing the accuracy of the records, because you're prone to do things differently then what your typical eating might be because you're keeping the records.

对,如我们上节课所谈到的,这有个持续记录会影响记录准确性的例子,由于你不断进行记录,你更可能会吃与不同于平时的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

An act of Congress requires a cut-off of most U.S.aid to countries where elected governments are unseated by the military.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

When you walk through that door, it's an act of free will.

当你走进这个门的时候，这是自由意志的选择。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

North Korea says attempts to shoot down its rocket will be an act of war, and that any additional U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The Cain and Abel story which is in Genesis 4:1 through 16 this is the story of the first murder, and it's a murder that happens despite God's warning to Cain that it's possible to master the urge to violence by an act of will.

创世纪》第四章，1到16节，讲述的是该隐和亚伯的故事6,这是人类历史上第一宗谋杀案,尽管上帝警告该隐,邪念会让人暴力相向。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Israel says its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip was an act of legitimate self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

It's an act of free will. Somebody's leaving.

这是自由意志的选择，有人会离开。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"It is a very strong statement,". "If you come here with a view to committing an act of terrorism you are likely to be caught."

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Well, violations of the law of nature are an act of aggression.

违反自然法是一种侵略行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Whereas pushing the fat man over is an actual act of murder on your part.

而反之，把胖子推下去则是你自己的直接谋杀行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选