movement
n
1
(a) [U, C] moving or being moved 移動; 運動; 活動
the movement of his chest as he breathes 他呼吸時胸部的起伏
lie still without (making) any movement 靜臥不動
Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement. 穿寬松的衣服就能活動自如.
I detected a slight movement in the undergrowth. 我發現灌木叢中有些動靜.
(b) [U] action; activity 動作; 活動
a play, novel, etc that lacks movement 情節呆滯的戲劇、 小說等.
2 [C] act of changing position, esp as a military manoeuvre 移動; (尤指)軍事調動
Troop movements can be observed from space by a satellite. 藉助衛星可觀察到部隊的調動.
3 movements[pl]
actions, journeys, etc over a period of time (esp as observed and/or recorded by sb else) 某時期的活動、 行蹤等(尤指受到監視或記錄的)
The police have been keeping a close watch on the suspects' movements. 警方一直嚴密監視著可疑分子的活動.
4 [sing] ~ (away from/towards sth) trend (in society) (社會中的)動向, 趨向, 傾向
the movement towards greater freedom in fashion styles 時裝款式向更開放方面發展的趨勢.
5 [U, C] ~ (in sth) change in amount (esp the rise or fall of prices in a stock market) 變動; (尤指股票市場價格的)漲落
not much movement in oil shares 石油股價無大波動.
6 [CGp, C] ~ (to do sth) (group of people with a) shared set of aims or principles (具有共同目標或原則的)團體; (此種團體開展的)運動
the aims, members, etc of the Labour Movement 工人運動的目標、 成員等
poets of the Romantic movement 浪漫派詩人
founding a movement to promote women's rights 創建女權運動.
7 [C] (music 音) any of the main divisions in a long musical work 樂章
a symphony in four movements 一首四樂章的交響曲.
8 [C] moving parts in a mechanism, esp those in a clock or watch which turn the hands (活動的)機件; (尤指鐘表的)機心.
9 [C] (medical or fml 醫或文) emptying of the bowels 通便.