in the act of

基本解释

The thief was detected in the act of stealing.
那小偷正在行窃时被当场发现。
But Drucker took issue with Maslow's hierarchy, complaining that he had not seen that “a want changes in the act of being satisfied”.
但德鲁克并不同意马斯洛的需求层次论，批评马斯洛没有看到“需求在满足的过程中已经改变”。
They're clearly drawn by someone who takes great pleasure in the act of creation, even if, by the standards of a professional, the results are naive and imperfect.
不难看出它们的作者是一个热爱创造的人，虽然站在专家的角度和标准来看这有点幼稚而且不完美。

He said: "If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act."
This of course brings us to the issue of "gaps" and the role that they play in the act of reading as Iser understands it.
这理所当然地把我们引到了“间隙“的问题上“,以及照伊瑟尔的理解,间隙在阅读中起到的作用。
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They are un-individuated, if that makes any sense, in the act of sexual union. There is the unutterable sexual rush that can only come about through total corporeal enjambment.
这时候他们，如果可以这么说，被非个体化了，这里有种只有通过完全的,肉体交合才能得到的难以言喻的性高潮。
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Police said they caught Bruno in the act of allegedly cyberstalking and harassing her competitor.
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