This was a fiendish act of wickedness.

这是一种残忍邪恶的行为。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He may construe the approach as a hostile act.

他可能把这种方法理解为一种不友善的行为。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A single act of rebellion or disobedience was often enough to seal a woman's fate.

仅一次反抗或不服从的行为在以前就往往足以决定一个女人的命运。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

It had come to a kind of crescendo with voter registration drives and the Voting Rights Act of 1964.

随着选民登记的进行，和在1964年通过的投票权法案,这样的事愈演愈烈。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm going to just give you two examples of the way Moses and God act as a check upon each other.

我会给大家举两个例子,就上帝和摩西克制对方脾气的例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

At the time, Rashomon, the tale of a violent act refracted through the conflicting testimony of four witnesses, was a significant act of diplomacy.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

This wasn't a radical act of political will, nor a single mistake (a slip of an engraver's hand, perhaps), but a sustained act of misjudgment.

WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes

All these things together require that we get a health care act reform passed in the Senate, a better one than we have today, and that we also get a clean air act passed.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Town Hall in New Hampshire