motion
英['məʊʃ(ə)n]
美['moʃən]
- n. 动作；移动；手势；请求；意向
- vi. 运动；打手势
- vt. 运动；向…打手势
词态变化
复数: motions;第三人称单数: motions;过去式: motioned;过去分词: motioned;现在分词: motioning;
中文词源
motion 运动，移动
来自拉丁语movere,运动，移动，词源同move.-t,过去分词后缀。
英文词源
- motion (n.)
- late 14c., "suggestion; process of moving," from Old French mocion "movement, motion; change, alteration" (13c.), from Latin motionem (nominative motio) "a moving, a motion; an emotion," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Motion picture attested from 1896.
- motion (v.)
- late 15c., "to request, petition" (obsolete), from motion (n.). The sense in parliamentary procedure first recorded 1747; with meaning "to guide or direct by a sign, gesture, movement" it is attested from 1787. Related: Motioned; motioning.
双语例句
- 1. She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off.
- 她做了个扇风的动作，假装想让自己凉快一点。
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- 2. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion.
- 只要经济不景气，连锁反应就开始了。
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- 3. Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.
- 这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。
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- 4. He is eligible now to file a motion for a new trial.
- 他现在有资格提议重新进行审判。
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- 5. I have set the wheels in motion to sell Endsleigh Court.
- 我已着手出售恩德斯勒公馆。
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