move

1. V-T/V-I When you move something or when it moves, its position changes and it does not remain still. 移动

She moved the sheaf of papers into position. 她把那捆纸移到了位置上。

A traffic policeman asked him to move his car. 一位交警让他挪动一下他的车。

The train began to move. 火车开动了。

2. V-I When you move, you change your position or go to a different place. 移动 (位置)

She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move. 她等着他起来，可他没有动。

He moved around the room, putting his possessions together. 他在屋里走来走去，把他的东西都放在一起。

3. N-COUNT Move is also a noun. 位移

The doctor made a move toward the door. 医生朝门口挪了一下。

4. V-I If you move, you act or you begin to do something. 采取行动

Industrialists must move fast to take advantage of new opportunities in Eastern Europe. 实业家们必须快速采取行动，抓住东欧的新机遇。

5. N-COUNT A move is an action that you take in order to achieve something. 行动

The one-point cut in interest rates was a wise move. 利率下调1个点是明智之举。

It may also be a good move to suggest she talks things over. 建议她仔细讨论一下这些事情可能也是一个好的做法。

6. V-I If a person or company moves, they leave the building where they have been living or working, and they go to live or work in a different place, taking their possessions with them. 搬迁

Two people in love are at home wherever they are, no matter how often they move. 无论在哪里，不管搬多少次家，两个相爱的人都会过得舒舒服服。

She had often considered moving to Seattle. 她那时常常考虑搬到西雅图去。

7. N-COUNT Move is also a noun. 搬迁

Modigliani announced his move to Montparnasse in 1909. 莫迪里亚尼1909年宣布他要搬到蒙帕尔纳斯去。

8. V-T If people in authority move someone, they make that person go from one place or job to another one. 调动

His superiors moved him to another parish. 他的上级把他调到了另一个教区。

9. V-I If you move from one job or interest to another, you change to it. 变换 (职业); 改变 (兴趣)

He moved from being a part-time tutor to being a lecturer in social history. 他从一名兼职助教转变成了一名社会史讲师。

10. N-COUNT Move is also a noun. (职业的) 变换; (兴趣的) 改变

His move to the chairmanship means he will take a less active role in day-to-day management. 他主席职务的调任意味着他将更少地参与日常管理工作。

11. V-I If you move to a new topic in a conversation, you start talking about something different. 改变 (话题)

Let's move to another subject, Dan. 丹，我们换个话题吧。

12. V-T If you move an event or the date of an event, you change the time at which it happens. 更改 (时间)

The club has moved its meeting to Saturday, January 22nd. 该俱乐部把会议日期改到了星期六，1月22日。

13. V-I If you move toward a particular state, activity, or opinion, you start to be in that state, do that activity, or have that opinion. 转变

The Labour Party has moved to the right and become like your Democratic Party. 工党已经转向右翼，变得像你们民主党了。

14. N-COUNT Move is also a noun. 转变

His move to the left was not a sudden leap but a natural working out of ideas. 他左倾的转变并非突然，而是思想发展的自然结果。

15. V-I If a situation or process is moving, it is developing or progressing, rather than staying still. 进展[usu cont]

Events are moving fast. 事件进展很快。

16. V-T If you say that you will not be moved, you mean that you have come to a decision and nothing will change your mind. 使动摇[usu passive]

Everyone thought I was crazy to go back, but I wouldn't be moved. 人人都认为我回去是疯了，可我是不会动摇的。

17. V-T If something moves you to do something, it influences you and causes you to do it. 促使

It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously. 最初是朋克摇滚乐促使他认真地加入了一个乐队。

18. V-T If something moves you, it has an effect on your emotions and causes you to feel sadness or sympathy for another person. 感动

These stories surprised and moved me. 这些故事令我吃惊，并且感动了我。

19. movedADJ 被感动的[v-link ADJ]

Those who listened to him were deeply moved. 听他讲话的人都被深深地感动了。

20. V-I If you say that someone moves in a particular society, circle, or world, you mean that they know people in a particular social class or group and spend most of their time with them. 跻身于 (某个社会、圈子或领域)

She moves in high-society circles in Palm Beach. 她跻身于棕榈海滩的上流社会。

21.  V-T/V-I At a meeting, if you move for something or move that something should happen, you formally suggest it so that everyone present can vote on it. 提议

Somebody needs to move for an adjournment. 需要有人提议休会。

22.  N-COUNT A move is an act of putting a chess piece or other counter in a different position on a board when it is your turn to do so in a game. 一步棋

With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board. 不知道我下一步棋该怎么走，我的手在棋盘上方举棋不定。

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1. PHRASE If you say that one false move will cause a disaster, you mean that you or someone else must not make any mistakes because the situation is so difficult or dangerous. 错误之举

He knew one false move would end in death. 他知道稍有差池就会送命。

2. PHRASE If you make a move, you prepare or begin to leave one place and go somewhere else. 准备出发; 出发

He glanced at his wristwatch. "I suppose we'd better make a move."

他看了一眼手表说：“我想我们最好动身吧。”

3. PHRASE If you make a move, you take a course of action. 采取行动

The week before the deal was supposed to close, fifteen Japanese banks made a move to pull out. 该交易本应结束的前一周，15家日本银行采取行动撤出了。

4. PHRASE If you are on the move, you are going from one place to another. 奔波

Jack never wanted to stay in one place for very long, so they were always on the move. 杰克从不想在一个地方久留，所以他们总在辗转奔波。

5. to move a muscle→see muscle