| 单词 | to move with the times |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto move with the times b. intransitive. to move with the times: to be up to date in one's thinking or attitudes; to keep abreast of current developments. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > present time [verb (intransitive)] > be or become up-to-date modernize1753 to move with the times1875 1875 ‘V. Fane’ Denzil Place 9 Tho' this meddling man had also said The fever had not been if good Sir John Had mov'd more with the times. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Aug. 5/1 The Bank of England..in its desire to move with the times..has been undertaking the inscription of a number of colonial loans. 1936 W. H. Robinson & K. R. G. Browne How to live in Flat 90 We have no hesitation in offering the following hints to those who—wishing to move with the times..—desire to construct a service-flat for their own use. 1973 Times 28 Nov. 22/6 If you change anything, you are accused of eroding history. If you change nothing, you are accused of failing to move with the times. 1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray iii. v. 311 The public baths had been installed eight years earlier by a socialist mayor anxious that Lavaurette should move with the times. < as lemmas |
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