budge
/bʌdʒ/verb
usu. with negative
1- make or cause to make the slightest movement(使)微微移动:
no obj. the queue in the bank hasn't budged银行里排着的队伍纹丝未动
with obj. I couldn't budge the door.我推不动门。
1.1
- no obj.
budge up/over
informal make room for another person by moving〈非正式〉给别人挪开一块地方: budge up, boys, make room for your uncle.
动一动, 孩子们, 给你们的叔叔挪个地方。
1.2
- usu. with modal change or make (someone) change an opinion(使)改变主意:
no obj. I tried to persuade him but he wouldn't budge我试图说服他但他坚持己见
with obj. neither bribe nor threat will budge him.不管是贿赂还是恫吓都不能让他改变主意。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French bouger 'to stir', based on Latin bullire 'to boil'.