| 词组 | move |
| 释义 | move 1. noun ► get a move onto hurry. Often as an imperative US, 1888.► on the moveabout to commit a crime, especially a burglary UK, 1996.► put the move onto make sexual advances US, 1987 2. verb to sell, especially in bulk US, 1938.► get movingto urgently begin to do or go UK, 1963.► move the linein sports betting, to change the point spread that is the basis for betting on one team or the other US, 1975.► move under an ashen sailto row a boat. As paddles are often made out of ash wood, to say 'he's moving under an ashen sail' is a jocular way of saying that he is not sailing, but rowing CANADA, 1975 move ahead 1. move ahead to start or make progress with something that you have planned to do: Scientists can only move ahead if they win the agreement of a number of their colleagues.+ with The committee is moving ahead with plans to help build a new stadium.■ SIMILAR TO: go ahead2. move ahead if a plan or process moves ahead, it begins to happen or make progress, often after a pause or delay: Zedillo's proposals for electoral reform are now moving ahead.3. move ahead to make faster progress than someone or something else: Our competitors have been moving ahead during a time of relatively poor progress for us.+ of At that point the Republicans were moving ahead of the Democrats in the polls. move along 1. move along if a story, game, process etc moves along, it develops well and makes good progress: Meade's characters are first-rate and the story moves along so well it's hard to put the book down.2. move sth along • move along sth if someone or something moves a story, game, process etc along, they help it to develop well and make good progress: The movie is full of lively dialogue that helps to move the action along.move things along (=make something develop or progress more quickly than before) "Some delay is to be expected," the manager said, " but I'd like you to move things along now."3. move along • move sb along if you are asked to move along, or is someone moves you along, you are asked to leave a particular place and go somewhere else: Move along, folks, move along there, please. A policeman was now at the stage door, trying to move the crowd along. move away move away to leave the place where you live and go to live in a different area: When Anna was nine the family moved away, and the children faced a strange school and strange people.+ from I moved away from home to work in another town a year ago. move away from move away from sth to stop having a particular idea, method, habit etc and to begin to have a different one instead: Fortunately jazz was slowly moving away from its reputation as old-guy music. As our eating habits change, we are moving away from a calcium-rich diet of milk, cream and cheese. move in 1. move in to begin living in a new house or apartment: My parents helped us to buy furniture and carpets and things when we first moved in.■ OPPOSITE: move out2. move in if one person moves in with another or two people move in together, they decide to live together and share a house or apartment+ with To save on expenses, Susan moved in with her mother in Solana Beach.+ together Stephen and I had been seeing each other for a year when he suggested that we should move in together.3. move in to go towards something or someone, often in order to attack them:+ on Police moved in on Tiananmen Square, but still the number of protesters increased. Two people started doing some Latin American dancing, and all the guests moved in to witness the spectacle.4. move in to become involved in a particular business or activity and to start to influence or control the situation, often in an unfair way: At that point the big multinationals moved in and started pushing up the prices.+ on I decide to keep my business proposition a secret, so that other people couldn't move in on it. ► compare muscle in move into 1. move into sth to begin living in a new house, apartment, or area: Joyce was no longer living with his first wife, and had moved into a flat in Chelsea. More and more foreigners seemed to be moving into the neighbourhood.2. move into sth not passive to start to become involved in a particular area of activity or business: Virgin tycoon, Richard Branson, is moving into computers. The company specializes in motor insurance and has been so successful that it is now moving into household insurance too.■ OPPOSITE: move out of3. move into sth if an army or team of people move into an area, they go there in order to deal with a particular situation, especially a dangerous or difficult one: 20,000 American troops began moving into Bosnia before Christmas. Volunteer workers moved into the area to set up a water supply and committees of local people to run it.4. move into sth to enter a new period of time: The question is, "What does it mean to be American as we move into the 21st century?" The ambulance strike was moving into its eighth week.■ SIMILAR TO: enter move off move off especially BrE to start moving in order to leave a place or to go somewhere: They picked up their rucksacks and got ready to move off.+ towards/into/along etc Kathy sipped her drink, then excused herself and moved off towards the ladies' room.■ SIMILAR TO: set off move on 1. move on to leave a place after staying there for some time, in order to continue a journey or go somewhere new: "Every five years I have to move on," Enrico said. "I just can't settle in one town."+ to The exhibition attracted large crowds in New York, and then moved on to other cities on the eastern coast.2. move on to stop thinking about something that you have been thinking about for some time, and begin thinking about or doing something new or different: There's only one way to succeed. You have to learn from your mistakes and then move on.+ to It's time to leave the theory behind, and move on to the practical side of the subject.3. move on to leave your present job in order to do a new and better one: I've been doing this job for five years now, so I think it's time to move on.+ from Mac was lucky to move on from Lloyds Bank, where he'd been for seventeen years.4. move on if people, ideas, methods etc move on, they become more modern or more advanced: Has the legal profession moved on from those days? Perhaps not a great deal. The world has moved on since Noel Coward wrote his plays, and some of the ideas seem ridiculously old-fashioned.■ SIMILAR TO: progress5. move sb on • move on sb if the police or someone in authority moves you on, they order you to leave a particular place: It's no good just moving these homeless people on - where are they supposed to go?■ SIMILAR TO: move along move out 1. move out to stop living in a particular house, apartment or area, and go to live somewhere else: "Actually," Rosemary whispered, "my husband has moved out. I don't know where he is."+ of That year Nicholson moved out of London to the countryside, in order to write books and raise children.■ OPPOSITE: move in2. move out AmE informal to leave: Okay, kids, we've got to move out by 3:00 sharp. He ordered the men to get ready to move out.■ SIMILAR TO: leave3. move out if a vehicle moves out, it moves away from the side of the road in order to join the traffic or pass another vehicle: Always look in the mirror before moving out.+ into I watched him move out into the traffic heading back towards Boston.4. move sb out • move out sb if someone in authority moves people out of a place, they arrange for them to leave or they make them leave: Since the project finished, it has taken several years to move the navy out. As the crisis continued, British diplomats were being moved out of the area. move out of move out of sth to stop being involved in a particular business, especially in order to become involved in a different one: A lot of farmers are moving out of dairying, and looking for beef cattle instead. move over 1. move over usually in commands if you ask someone to move over, you are asking them to change their position or seat so that there is space for you: He walked round to the driver's side. "Move over," he said, "I'll drive." I'm right on the edge of the bed. Are you sure you couldn't move over an inch or two?■ SIMILAR TO: move up, scoot over AmE spoken informal2. move over to start a new job after leaving one of a similar type or level:+ to Susan Liss, now chief of staff to Deval Patrick is moving over to become chief of staff to Gore.+ from Paul Roohani is now general manager of the hotel, moving over from the equivalent position he held at the New York Hilton.3. move over to leave your job or position so that someone else can have it, especially someone younger or with new ideas: My career is very important to me and I do not intend to move over for anyone else. "I know I can win the tournament," Welshman Jackson said, "and it's time the Americans moved over.■ SIMILAR TO: step aside4. move over especially BrE to start using a different system or method:+ to Most companies have moved over to computer-aided design systems. move towards move towards sth to make it more likely that you will do or achieve something: Europe is moving towards political and monetary union.move towards doing sth Community councils are a way of moving towards involving local people in these difficult decisions. move up 1. move up if you ask someone to move up, especially when they are standing or sitting in a row, you want them to move a little so that there is more space for you or other people: Could you move up a bit - there's just room for Alec if you do.■ SIMILAR TO: move over2. move up if you move up at work or at school, you get a better job or position, or go to a higher class or level+ into/to Many of the workers were able to move up into better paid, pleasanter and more skilled jobs. By 1995, James too had moved up to the senior school.move up the ladder (=get a better job or position in society) I could stay in this job all my life, but if I want to move up the ladder, I'll have to go elsewhere.3. move sb up • move up sb if someone moves you up at work or at school, they give you a better job or position or move you to a higher class or level+ into/to Very soon after that, Matilda was moved up into the top class.4. move up • move sb up • move up sb if soldiers or policemen move up or are moved up, they are sent to a particular position in order to be ready to act or attack: The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin. The Russians moved troops up to the Turkish frontier. move (from some place) (to some place)to travel from one place to another. The whole family moved from Denver to Chicago. We moved to the country.
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