He was caught in the act of stealing a car.(他偷汽車時被當場逮個正著。)

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.(這理所當然地把我們引到了“間隙“的問題上“,以及照伊瑟爾的理解,間隙在閱讀中起到的作用。)

The thief was detected in the act of stealing.(那小偷正在行竊時被當場發現。)

The robot's efficiency is defined as the ratio of work performed in the act of climbing to the electrical energy consumed by the robot, he says.(機器人的效率是被定義為它在爬行過程中所吸收電能的比例，教授解釋道。)

Aziraphale paused in the act of turning the key.(亞茨拉菲爾轉動鑰匙的動作停住了。)

It was evident that Miss Welland was in the act of announcing her engagement, while her mother affected the air of parental reluctance considered suitable to the occasion.(很明顯，韋蘭小姐正在宣布她的訂婚消息，而她母親則裝出一副與這種場合相稱的家長們不情愿的模樣。)

They plunge them into guilt and despair in the act of cheering them on to higher things.(他們讓人們陷入犯罪和絕望，只是因為鼓動人們去追求更高的東西。)

Solomon Gills is in the act of seeing what time it is by the unimpeachable chronometer.(所羅門·吉爾斯那時正在看他那只完美無缺的精密計時表，看看是什么時候了。)

Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.(當尼爾走到他身后時，肯正在付賬單。)

As the honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.(由于蜜蜂的毒刺有深深的倒鉤，使其停留在插入的位置，因此蜜蜂在蟄人的時候就會受到致命的傷害。)