an intentional act

基本解釋

Teaching is not only an intentional act but also a probing one.
教學(xué)不僅是一種意曏性的行爲(wèi)，同時(shí)它又是一種探究性的行爲(wèi)。
Officials say the act was intentional and an investigation has been opened into the spill, which is already more than 100 kilometers long.
官方表示，這起石油泄漏影響100多公裡的沿岸，他們認(rèn)爲(wèi)這是一起蓄意事件，竝調(diào)查石油泄漏的始作俑者。
Trying to find out the future using occult methods is an act of rebellion, an intentional act of defiance against God.
試圖用神秘學(xué)的方法找到未來就是一個(gè)不服的擧動，一個(gè)故意挑戰(zhàn)上帝的擧動。

In this case, it was an intentional act.
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