movement的中文意

• 0 a change of position

  • He made a sudden movement and frightened the bird away. 他突然動了一下，鳥就受驚飛走了。

  • For a long time after the accident, he had no movement in (= was unable to move) his legs. 出事以後的很長時間裡，他的腿都不能動。

  • Her movements were somewhat clumsy. 她的動作很笨拙。

  • I don't know his movements this week. 我不知道他本週的活動安排。

• 1 a group of people with a particular set of aims

  • the women's movement 婦女運動

  • The suffragette movement campaigned for votes for women. 婦女參政運動旨在為婦女爭取選舉權利。

  • [ + to infinitive ] a movement to stop animals being killed for their fur 制止獵殺動物以獲取皮毛的運動

• 2 a situation in which people change their opinion or the way that they live or work

  • There has been a movement towards more women going back to work while their children are still young. 現在有一種傾向，越來越多的婦女在孩子年紀尚小時就重返工作。

  • Recently there has been some movement away from traditional methods of teaching. 近來教學方法出現了一些打破傳統的趨勢。

• 3 an occasion when something develops, changes, or happens in a particular way or direction

  • There has been little movement in the dollar (= it has not changed in value very much) today. 今天美元匯率變化很小。

• 4 one of the main parts of a piece of classical music

  • Beethoven's fifth symphony has four movements. 貝多芬的第五交響曲有四個樂章。

• 5 the part of a clock or watch that turns the hands (= thin sticks) that point to the time

• 6 (used especially by doctors and nurses) an act of emptying the bowels

  • When did you last have a (bowel) movement? 你上次排便是甚麼時候？