1 N-UNCOUNT 运动;移动 Motion is the activity or process of continually changing position or moving from one place to another. 运动;移动
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...the laws governing light, sound, and motion.
有关声、光和运动的定律
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One group of muscles sets the next group in motion.
一组肌肉带动下一组肌肉运动。
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The wind from the car's motion whipped her hair around her head.
汽车驶过带起的风吹乱了她的头发。
SYN movement, action, mobility, passing
2 N-COUNT 行动;手势;动作 A motion is an action, gesture, or movement. 行动;手势;动作
SYN gesture, sign, wave, signal
3 N-COUNT (会议、辩论或审判时提出的)动议，提议，议案 A motion is a formal proposal or statement in a meeting, debate, or trial, which is discussed and then voted on or decided on. (会议、辩论或审判时提出的)动议，提议，议案
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The conference is now debating the motion and will vote on it shortly.
大会正在就提议进行辩论，稍后将就此表决。
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Opposition parties are likely to bring a no-confidence motion against the government. [+ against]
反对党很可能提出对政府的不信任案。
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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。
SYN proposal, suggestion, recommendation, proposition
4 VERB 打手势;示意 If you motion to someone, you move your hand or head as a way of telling them to do something or telling them where to go. 打手势;示意
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She motioned for the locked front doors to be opened. [VERB + for]
她示意把锁着的前门打开。
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He stood aside and motioned Don to the door. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他站到一边并示意唐到门口去。
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I motioned him to join us. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
我示意他加入到我们的队伍中来。
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He motioned to her to go behind the screen. [VERB + to]
他示意她走到屏风后面。
SYN gesture, direct, wave, signal
5 N-COUNT (尤为医生、护士用语)排便，大便 Some people, especially doctors or nurses, use motion as a polite way of referring to a person's act of defecation or the faeces produced. (尤为医生、护士用语)排便，大便 [British, politeness]
in AM, use 美国英语用 movement
6 See also: slow motion time and motion
7 PHRASE 走过场;应付差事 If you say that someone is going through the motions, you think they are only saying or doing something because it is expected of them without being interested, enthusiastic, or sympathetic. 走过场;应付差事
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'You really don't care, do you?' she said quietly. 'You're just going through the motions.'
“你其实不在意，对不对？”她悄声说，“你就是装装样子而已。”
8 PHRASE 假装做;装装样子 If you go through the motions, you pretend to do something by making the movements associated with a particular action. 假装做;装装样子
9 PHRASE 正在发生;在进行中;即将发生 If a process or event is in motion, it is happening. If it is set in motion, it is happening or beginning to happen. 正在发生;在进行中;即将发生
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His job as England manager begins in earnest now his World Cup campaign is in motion.
现在世界杯足球赛的征战工作已经展开，而他作为英格兰队主教练的工作也真正开始了。
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Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the events that led to her downfall.
她那咄咄逼人的尖锐语调拉开了导致她垮台的事件的序幕。
SYN in progress, going on, under way, afoot
10 PHRASE 开动;激活;启动 If someone sets the wheels in motion, they take the necessary action to make something start happening. 开动;激活;启动
| Word Partnership | Use motion with: |
| ADJ. | constant motion, full motion, perpetual motion 1 circular motion, smooth motion 1 2 quick motion 2 |
| VERB. | set something in motion 1 9 10 |
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