react
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they react | |
| he / she / it reacts | |
| past simple reacted | |
| past participle reacted | |
| -ing form reacting |
- [intransitive]
to change or behave in a particular way as a result of or in response to something 起反应；（对…）作出反应；回应 I nudged her but she didn't react. 我用胳膊肘捅了她一下，可她没有反应。 You never know how he is going to react. 你根本不知道他会作何反应。 He would have reacted in the same way. 他也会有同样的反应。 - react to something
Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。 - react by doing something
The market reacted by falling a further two points. 股市的反应是再下跌两个百分点。 - react to something by doing something
The army has reacted to the situation by increasing investment in recruitment. 军队通过增加征兵投入来应对这种情况。 - react with something
Her family reacted with horror when she told them. 她告诉她的家人后他们惊骇不已。 Residents have reacted with fury to the news. 居民对这一消息反应激烈。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effecta2His insensitive remarks hurt and she reacted accordingly. 他冷漠的话语伤害了她，她也冷漠以对。 The committee reacted positively to the proposals. 委员会对这些提议作出了积极回应。 The government reacted by increasing taxation. 政府的反应是增加税收。 The industry has been slow to react to these breakthroughs in technology. 该行业对技术上的这些突破反应迟缓。 The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency. 警方在面对紧急情况时必须能迅速作出反应。 people who react positively to change 对变化作积极反应的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strongly
- favourably/favorably
- positively
- …
- tend to
- be slow to
- not know how to
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- against
- by
- to
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- [intransitive]
to become ill after eating, breathing, etc. a particular substance （对食物等）有不良反应，过敏 - react + adv.
Some patients may react adversely. 有些病人可能会有不良反应。 - react (+ adv.) to something
People can react badly to certain food additives. 人们对某些食品添加剂可能会严重过敏。 People react differently to these drugs. 人们对这些药物的反应不同。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strongly
- favourably/favorably
- positively
- …
- tend to
- be slow to
- not know how to
- …
- against
- by
- to
- …
- react + adv.
- [intransitive] (
chemistry 化学 (of substances 物质 to experience a chemical change when coming into contact with another substance 起化学反应；发生化学变化 Silicon reacts chemically like carbon. 硅与碳的化学反应相似。 - react with something
Iron reacts with water and air to produce rust. 铁和水及空气发生反应产生铁锈。 - react together
When an acid and an alkali react together the result is a salt and water. 当酸和碱一起反应时，结果是盐和水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strongly
- favourably/favorably
- positively
- …
- tend to
- be slow to
- not know how to
- …
- against
- by
- to
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from re- (expressing intensive force or reversal) + act, originally suggested by medieval Latin react- ‘done again’, from the verb reagere.