Actuate : (기계를)작동시키다, (특정한)행동을 하게하다, 불러일으키다
Actuator : 작동시키는 것, 작동기, 발동물, 발동자
Actuation : 발동작용
1)
to actuate, to put a machine in motion
to make a machine work
if you press the button on your computer that actuates
the switch acutates your machine
it turns it on
to put into mechanical motion
the pump is actuated by a windmill
to start , to turn on
2)
you can also use actuate about people, this is more formal use
to actute a machine
to actuate for staring a machine, that is engineering, a bit technical
the actuator, the actuation of machine
3)
a person is actuated by an emotion
he was actuated by jealousy
he was actuated by a feeling of altruism
to cause people to take action
a rousing speech that actuated the crowd into action
to motivate, to incite into action
he was actuated by a desire
to motivate sombody into doing something
to rouse
to stir up
to fire up
to stimulate
to motivate
Formality : 6.5
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