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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
active
ac·tive adjective, noun BrE [ˈæktɪv] NAmE [ˈæktɪv]
adjective
BUSY
1. always busy doing things, especially physical activities
• Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active.
Opp: ↑inactive
• Before our modern age, people had a more physical and active lifestyle.
TAKING PART
2. involved in sth; making a determined effort and not leaving sth to happen by itself
• They were both politically active.
•active involvement/participation/support/resistance
• She takes an active part in school life.
•The parents were active in campaigning against cuts to the education budget.
•They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease.
DOING AN ACTIVITY
3. doing sth regularly; functioning
•sexually active teenagers
•animals that are active only at night
• The virus is still active in the blood.
•an active volcano (= likely to ↑erupt )
Opp: ↑inactive
compare ↑dormant
LIVELY
4. lively and full of ideas
• That child has a very active imagination.
CHEMICAL
5. having or causing a chemical effect
•What is the active ingredient in aspirin?
Opp: ↑inactive
GRAMMAR
6. connected with a verb whose subject is the person or thing that performs the action
•In ‘He was driving the car’, the verb is active.
compare ↑passive
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘preferring action to contemplation’): from Latin activus, from act- ‘done’, from the verb agere.
Thesaurus:
active adj.
1.
•a physical and active lifestyle
energetic • • vigorous • • mobile • |approving dynamic •
a/an active/energetic/dynamic person/man/woman
a/an active/energetic member of sth
a/an active/vigorous supporter/opponent of sb/sth
2.
•They were both politically active.
engaged • • involved • • busy •
Opp: inactive, Opp: passive
active/engaged/involved in sth
keep sb active/involved/busy
Example Bank:
•By the age of 18, 65% of teenagers report being sexually active.
•It's important to remain mentally active after retirement.
•She has been active in local politics for some years.
•Try to keep active in the cold weather.
•When did you first become politically active?
•a businessman who is equally active in politics
•a highly active volcano
•drugs that are active against cancers
•Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active.
•Before our modern age, people had a more physical and active lifestyle.
•Numbers of sexually active teenagers have continued to rise.
•The parents were active in campaigning against cuts to the education budget.
•These animals are active only at night.
Derived Word: ↑actively
noun (also ˈactive voice)singular
the form of a verb in which the subject is the person or thing that performs the action
• In ‘She drove the car’, ‘she’ is the subject and the verb ‘drove’ is in the active.
compare ↑passive
Word Origin:
[active actively] Middle English (in the sense ‘preferring action to contemplation’): from Latin activus, from act- ‘done’, from the verb agere.
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