an intentional act

基本解釋

Teaching is not only an intentional act but also a probing one.
教學(xué)不僅是一種意向性的行為，同時(shí)它又是一種探究性的行為。
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多公里的沿岸，他們認(rèn)為這是一起蓄意事件，并調(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(lái)就是一個(gè)不服的舉動(dòng)，一個(gè)故意挑戰(zhàn)上帝的舉動(dòng)。

In this case, it was an intentional act.
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