| 单词 | movement |
| 释义 | movement (muːvmənt ) Word forms: movements 1. countable noun A movement is a group of people who share the same beliefs, ideas, or aims. It's part of a broader Hindu nationalist movement that's gaining strength throughout the country. ...the women's movement. Synonyms: group, party, organization, grouping 2. variable noun B2 Movement involves changing position or going from one place to another. They actually monitor the movement of the fish going up river. ...the plan for free movement of people, goods, capital and services across internal Community borders. There was movement behind the window in the back door. A man was directing the movements of a large removal van. [+ of] Her hand movements are becoming more animated. Synonyms: transfer, transportation, displacement 3. variable noun A movement is a planned change in position that an army makes during a battle or military exercise. There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border. 4. variable noun Movement is a gradual development or change of an attitude, opinion, or policy. ...the movement towards democracy in Latin America. [+ towards/away from] The talks went well and participants believed movement forward was possible. Synonyms: progression, advance, progress, breakthrough 5. plural noun Your movements are everything which you do or plan to do during a period of time. I want a full account of your movements the night Mr Gower was killed. 6. countable noun A movement of a piece of classical music is one of its main sections. ...the first movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony. [+ of] Synonyms: section, part, division, passage Collocations: civil rights movement Would he have performed such a pivotal role in the civil rights movement? Times, Sunday Times (2014) The civil rights movement of the 1960s saw another surge of activity. The Sun (2014) The film devotes much of its running time to the growing civil rights movement. The Sun (2013) The company has tried to limit the effect of currency movements by manufacturing overseas. Times, Sunday Times (2011) To transfer small amounts regularly, a payment plan can be set up to protect against adverse currency movements. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It blamed currency movements and world oil price increases. Times, Sunday Times (2010) During the day prisoners are allowed free movement within each block of two units. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) As full Dutch citizens the island peoples enjoyed the right of free movement to the Netherlands. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) There can be no free movement of goods, services and capital without free movement of people. The Sun (2016) In 1810, independence movements sprang up in the south as well. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995) This was rubbished by the Treasury and the uncertainty helped to defeat the independence movement. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Local economies were to be strictly controlled and independence movements discouraged. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) Instead he joined the trade union movement and organised railway workers in Bengal and Assam. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I've joined this movement because I'm fed up. Times, Sunday Times (2019) I urge more businesses to join this movement and help ex-offenders turn their backs on crime for good. Times, Sunday Times (2019) The women's liberation movement contend that the personal is political. The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s (1989) The liberation movement forced people to take sides. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) A brutal regime is crushing a national liberation movement. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There could also be increased demand if some of the public rebel against movement restrictions. Times,Sunday Times Ministers are planning emergency laws allowing them to compel cancellation of events, impose local movement restrictions and let border officials quarantine people. Times,Sunday Times The stables, which have not been identified, are under strict movement restrictions and other horses on the premises are being tested for the disease. Times, Sunday Times Movement restrictions had been imposed by the chief veterinary officer. Times, Sunday Times They can be charged with criminal offences or given movement restrictions and made to go into counterextremism programmes. Times, Sunday Times She's at home now, recovering muscle movement faster than we expected. Times, Sunday Times We see every expression, muscle movement, twist and turn and breath. The Sun This damage disrupts the ability of the nervous system to communicate, resulting in problems with muscle movement, balance and vision. The Sun His revolutionary new hand has electrodes that detect muscle movement. The Sun It causes problems with balance, sight and muscle movement. The Sun This leaves a pattern of movement which can be compared with the wear in a shoe. Times, Sunday Times I am terrified of birds - they have a very unpredictable pattern of movement. The Sun With ample repetition, proficiency in these movements can be acquired and should eventually be combined to create a single pattern of movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He recognised a common pattern of movement during the rewriting stage of inductive proofs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Continuity offenses are characterized by a pattern of movement, cuts, screens and passes which eventually leads back to the starting formation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Precise movement and posture are integral to this system and instructors pay very close attention to your stance and gait. Times, Sunday Times At a given precise movement, one of them leaps onto the platform, steadies himself, and moves with the momentum of the swing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mastery comes from the brain being able to remember the precise movement and do it repetitively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its slow, gentle, precise movements minimise the risk of further damage while providing a highly effective workout to help to heal the body. Times, Sunday Times The tentacle arms were resistant to radiation and were capable of great strength and highly precise movement, attached to a harness that fit around his body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The progressive movement was once a pioneer of new institutions, and it should be again. The Times Literary Supplement We are seeing it now with the progressive movement towards battery electric vehicles. Times, Sunday Times The people of the time saw surgery as a progressive movement and wanted to be a part of it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She claimed that even more attended than they expected, and it was an important moment in the progressive movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many methods are used to provide the progressive movement through the coil and both vertical and horizontal systems are used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The blogger has become the poster boy of the protest movement. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The controversy has become the symbolic showdown for a protest movement that has spread to 100 colleges. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Suddenly I found myself the leader of a cultural protest movement. Christianity Today (2000) The combination of punching and quick movement will work up a sweat, help get the row off your chest and release the feel-good endorphins. The Sun Straighten the leg then bring it back to the ground - without actually touching it - in a quick movement. The Sun Use a large metal spatula to slide under the fish in one quick movement and turn over. Times, Sunday Times He thought nothing of it until he noticed a small, quick movement. Times, Sunday Times Kick your legs powerfully behind you so that they are straight, then jump them back between your arms to the start position in a quick movement. Times, Sunday Times Will those winds dissipate; will the reform movement falter? Times, Sunday Times It took him nine years, but by 1965, after several close-fought elections, he controlled his district and was solidly entrenched as the leader of the reform movement. Times, Sunday Times Inside the largest moral reform movement of the twentieth century 248pp. The Times Literary Supplement About 100 members of the reform movement have been arrested since the election. Times, Sunday Times The number of monasteries increased from thirty-seven to sixty-five, of which five were newly established and twenty-three had followed the reform movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I don't do a lot of work on my arms and chest because that would restrict movement. Times, Sunday Times It remains unclear why police opted for this law when they were intending to restrict movement. Times,Sunday Times The wrinkle-busting injections unblock nerve impulses which restrict movement. The Sun Playpens are not a good idea as they restrict movement range. Times, Sunday Times The state of emergency gives police greater powers to detain people and search property and it enables authorities to restrict movement. Times, Sunday Times His guerrilla techniques have influenced revolutionary movements elsewhere. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts (1985) Within weeks these soldiers are at the forefront of the revolutionary movement. The Sun (2014) Both had always been eager to encourage a broad revolutionary movement against capitalism throughout Europe. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Its overstretched government forces are holding an uneasy ceasefire with northern rebels and face a secessionist movement in the south. Times, Sunday Times He was one of the founders of the secessionist movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The secessionist movement held on for about two decades. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the insurgents gradually developed into a secessionist movement composed of the 1955 mutineers and southern students. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was this isolation that helped focus the community on celebrating its centenary; later, it would also be the catalyst for a growing secessionist movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Taut wire systems can operate with a variety of switches or detectors that sense movement at each end of the tensioned wires. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fish glide beautifully around each other, sensing movement and hardly ever colliding. Times, Sunday Times And a cataract growing over her left eye left her sensing movement only through sound and smell. The Sun Some species also have lines of special sensitive cells running down their bodies, which sense movements and displacements of water, allowing them to swim in an orderly pattern. Times, Sunday Times It uses this phenomenal turn of speed to evade capture, sensing movements in the water from approaching hunters and then fleeing far faster than a seahorse could swim. Times, Sunday Times In the dark, it appears frozen in mid-step, its head turned as if at a slight movement. Times, Sunday Times She heard a slight movement, some raspy sound. The Times Literary Supplement Catch a slight movement in the doorway and track down. Times, Sunday Times Any slight movement of the retina will cause the diffraction pattern to move over the discrete light-sensitive cells that make up the retina. Times, Sunday Times It's a bit like watching the flicker of a needle on a seismograph: a slight movement informs you of the earthquake happening far away. Times, Sunday Times Once again, the slow movement moves like a snail, though without noticeable deepening of emotions. Times, Sunday Times Still, he worried the lyricism effectively in the slow movement, and made the symphony's last bars poignantly forlorn. Times, Sunday Times The main symptoms are involuntary shaking, slow movement and muscle stiffness. Times,Sunday Times The slow movement (marked very solemn and very slow) was never ponderous in its weight of numbers. Times, Sunday Times The slow movement brought some nauseous vibrato and desolation: no balm here. Times, Sunday Times He holds the putter softly, gently moving his thumbs before he takes the club back with a steady, smooth movement that delivers a firm rap. Times, Sunday Times And the smooth movement of the eye can also be disturbed by a fracture to the socket. Times, Sunday Times The theft of my family's assets and of their freedom was one smooth movement, carried out by the same hands, justified by the same arguments, maintained with the same brutality. Times, Sunday Times We toasted each other, then he hugged me and in one strong, smooth movement, lifted me out of the chair and gently down onto the floor. Times, Sunday Times This helps a lot for the smooth movement, which avoids any complications associated with big crowds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She wants her book to spark a social movement. Times, Sunday Times But oppression will surely not snuff out the flame of this important social movement. Times, Sunday Times Today the working class has ceased to be a powerful social movement, and no longer imagines itself as a majority force. The Times Literary Supplement It was a social movement as it was designed to create an inexpensive way of making furniture by using industrial materials. Times, Sunday Times She calls for a 'mass social movement' to push for climate action, including the socialization of extractive industries and the redistribution of wealth. The Times Literary Supplement Lighting plants such as grasses and bamboos can also introduce subtle movement. Times, Sunday Times Some features, such as those that run down a sheet of polished stainless steel, are silent; they add a subtle movement but, for me, miss out on a key ingredient. Times, Sunday Times If you prefer to stand back and absorb each electronic display in a trance, you can enjoy them as a kind of impressionistic blur of subtle movement and colour. Times, Sunday Times The subtle movement of his head in the seconds that followed raised false hopes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead of your lower back being stationary, continuous subtle movements build tone and avoid loading the spine in one position. Times, Sunday Times When startled by any sudden movement or loud noise at close range, he reacts abruptly, muscles contracting sharply, limbs flying out. Times, Sunday Times He hated noise, strangers, sudden movement - most things, really. Times, Sunday Times Any sudden movement, she explained, spooks the wildfowl. Times,Sunday Times Nor are they ideal in company - as there's always a danger that any sudden movement may expose the wearer - and any casual observer - to embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times There was a sudden movement to my left and a huge grey mass crashed through some small trees less than 20ft away. Times, Sunday Times He was accused of inciting political unrest for supporting the pro-democracy movement. Times,Sunday Times (2020) We should also use our influence to get other major powers in the region to work together and stop supporting brutal rebel movements. The Sun (2014) I, for one, totally support this movement. Smithsonian (2010) In front of him, the visiting team were a blur of swift movement. Times, Sunday Times He grabbed my right hand tightly and, in one swift movement, shoved it down his pants. The Sun He surveys rows of adoring supporters and in one swift movement takes the microphone in hand and bursts into his trademark anthem. Times, Sunday Times With your other hand, grab the flap of skin using a tea towel and, in one swift movement, pull the skin away. Times, Sunday Times No earlier film had created such swift movement or variety of scene. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a sentiment the temperance movement took all too seriously. Times, Sunday Times But many countries banned it after an outcry by the temperance movement amid fears it caused insanity. Globe and Mail He was the local churchwarden for twenty years, and was active in the temperance movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a dedicated advocate of the temperance movement, a supporter of free trade, and strongly opposed to militarism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Local option regarding alcohol was first used in the temperance movement as a means to bring about prohibition gradually. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Crammed into the barrel are hightech motion sensors that trace the movement of the pen, and smartphone-style electronics that give it enough computing power for a word recognition system. Times, Sunday Times He and colleagues applied these to measure the slow mixing vertical rates in the ocean, and to trace the movement of patches of surface water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With this, they were shortly thereafter also able to trace the movement of electrons on the subatomic scale in real time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In media art, one can trace a movement from artwork to network. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As regulators and police on three continents begin to investigate and trace the movement of the money, there was speculation that organised crime was involved in the missing millions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It uses lasers to illuminate objects in its field of view and track their movement. Times, Sunday Times His company uses satellite data to track the movement of cattle, among other things. Times,Sunday Times Soon doctors will able to use their genes track the movement cells throughout the and monitor the success or failure of a transplant. The Sun Would the search engine track his movement if he walked across the room? Times, Sunday Times Artificial intelligence software will then identify and track all movement throughout the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Information passes the other way as well, so banks can track the financial movements of suspected criminals. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Buildings could be wired with heat sensors and strain gauges to track people's movements during an evacuation and monitor a structure's safety. Times, Sunday Times (2006) At the same time, their eye movements were tracked and the information fed into a computer. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He remained a committed political activist and was active in trade union and peace movements. Times, Sunday Times (2009) She has been involved in the trade union movement for 20 years. Times, Sunday Times (2013) His other enthusiasms are socialism and the trade union movement. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Although this can work against them when markets fall, conversely it means that they capture all of the upward movement when markets rise. Times, Sunday Times Expect further upward movement in due course - and at least the worst of the shocks are over. Times, Sunday Times In the case of a call option, an upward movement in the share price usually triggers a similar upward movement in the option price. Times, Sunday Times There was more upward movement in the middle tier. Times, Sunday Times The first upward movement will simply lift the slack line from the water and deposit it about him like aerialised spaghetti. Times, Sunday Times Since then modern palliative care has grown into a worldwide movement that has radically changed the way we approach death and dying. Times, Sunday Times But he had bigger ambitions of 'fomenting a worldwide movement of mass leaking'. Times, Sunday Times The boycotts appear to be part of a nascent worldwide movement. Globe and Mail The event started in 1999 and has since grown into a worldwide movement. Times, Sunday Times This soon inspired a worldwide movement of university settlements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 运动 Japanese: 動き |
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