[mass noun]the condition in which things are happening or being done (事情发生或发展的)状况 there has been a sustained level of activity in the economy. 经济方面曾有保持持续水平的经营活动。 ■busy or vigorous action or movement (忙碌或积极的)行为,行动 the room was a hive of activity. 房间里热闹非凡。
(一般作 activities)a thing that a person or group does or has done 活动 the firm's marketing activities. 公司的市场营销活动。 ■a recreational pursuit or pastime 娱乐休闲活动 a range of sporting activities. 一系列体育活动。 ■(activities)actions taken by a group in order to achieve their aims (一团体为达成目的而采取的)行动 the police were investigating communist activities. 警方正在调查共产党的活动。
the degree to which something displays its characteristic property or behaviour 活性 abnormal liver enzyme activities. 异常肝酶活性。 ■(Chemistry)a thermodynamic quantity representing the effective concentration of a particular component in a solution or other system, equal to its concentration multiplied by an activity coefficient (化)热力活性,活度
语源
late Middle English : from French activité or late Latin activitas, from Latin act- 'done', from the verb agere