overt act
英 [əʊˈvɜːt ækt]
美 [oʊˈvɜːrt ækt]
（刑）外在行为；明显的行为；公开的行为
双语例句
- The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about.
党对表面行为不感兴趣，我们关心的是思想。 - The teacher didn't believe that Ned was annoying me until she saw him in the overt act of pulling my hair.
知道老师看见内德公然扯我的头发时，才相信内德欺负我。 - No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
无论何人，非经两个证人对同一公然行为作证或本人在公开法庭上的供认，不得被判定为叛国罪。 - Subscriptions are an overt act of permission. That's why home delivery newspaper readers are so valuable, and why magazine subscribers are worth more than newsstand ones.
订阅则比许可更进了一步。这就是为什么订阅投递上门的报纸的读者是如此宝贵，而订阅杂志的读者比在报摊买杂志的人更有价值。