actuated

基本解釋

The pump is actuated by a belt driven by an electric motor.
這臺抽水機由電動機皮帶驅動。
So he filed a patent for a “wave-actuated, spell-casting magic wand with sensory feedback.
因此他注冊了一項專利：“揮動控制，發(fā)動魔咒，具有感覺反饋的魔杖”。
The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.
我認為對知識的追求也是出于對權力的迷戀，所有科學技術的改進也是源于此。

More efficient actuator technologies would benefit, not only robotics systems, but all actuated systems, such as prosthetic limbs.
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But now they are also grassroots-coordinated and actuated by what they see as an affirmative championing of cherished freedoms.
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In this age bracket the body slows, due to feedback inhibition, the manufacturing of cholesterol and one method for this uses zinc actuated enzymes.
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If something actuates a device, the device starts working. If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way.