c. 1400, "active or secular life," from Old French activité, from Medieval Latin activitatem (nominative activitas), a word in Scholastic philosophy, from Latin activus (see active). Meaning "state of being active, briskness, liveliness" recorded from 1520s; that of "capacity for acting on matter" is from 1540s.
雙語例句
1. The military on both sides are involved in intense activity.
雙方的武裝力量都有密集動(dòng)作。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.
有跡象表明，非法軍事組織的活動(dòng)得到了國外勢力的支持。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Mr Dobson promised to widen the organisation's scope of activity.
多布森先生許諾拓寬該組織的活動(dòng)范圍。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We believe that this is a general model of managerial activity.
我們認(rèn)為這可以作為管理活動(dòng)的普遍范例。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He had been engaging in some kind of kinky sexual activity.