impulse,impulsion,get excited,be impetuous,actuation ;
[例句] 一贯性急冲动的他又宣布要退学了。 With characteristic impetuosity, he announced he was leaving school.
[例句] 青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。 Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.
become less crowded,not hard up,become flexible,loosen,start ;
[例句] 时常翻动一下花圃和草坪四周会让被雨水压紧的土壤松动松动。 Regular forking of beds and borders relieves the compaction caused by rain.
[例句] 把松动的地板块都粘好。 Stick down any loose bits of flooring.
reactionary,reaction,counteraction,retroact,retroaction ;
[例句] 广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。 The radio station claimed that 87,000 "reactionaries" had been eliminated.
[例句] 他们迫使成千上万的农民参加他们的反动军队. They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies.
mobilize,arouse,mobilization,mobilisation,mobilise ;
[例句] 他动员全世界的舆论反对氢弹试验。 He mobilized public opinion all over the world against hydrogen-bomb tests.
[例句] 作为对最后通牒的回应,苏丹甚至威胁说要动员军队。 Sudan even threat-ened to mobilize in response to the ultima-tums.
start,launch,engine on,get started,bring into play ;
[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.
[例句] 这支武装部队已发动进攻要夺回失去的阵地。 The armed forces have launched offensives to recapture lost ground.
change,amend,alter,modify,turn ;
[例句] 在下面空白处列出你所作的具体改动。 List in the spaces below the specific changes you have made.
[例句] 她的短上衣放在时装店里,要做些改动。 Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
start work,get to work,touch,handle,attack ;
[例句] 他自己动手能力太差,甚至连搭个架子都不会。 He's useless at DIY. He won'teven put up a shelf.
[例句] 在动手之前把炭火烧旺很重要。 It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start.
rock,sway,shake,swash ;
[例句] 它在他眼前晃动,好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。 It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
[例句] 晃动液体可以使容器壁破裂。 Sloshing liquids can rupture the walls of their containers.
disturbance,commotion,be in a tumult,become restless,agitate ;
[例句] 将会裁员160人的消息在该团体中掀起了一阵骚动。 News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community.
[例句] 对此事的揭露已经在议员中引起了骚动。 The disclosure has already caused a furore among MPs.
(局势、情况不稳定; 不平静) turbulence,upheaval,unrest,being shaky and unstable ;
[例句] 荷兰盾在外汇交易市场的动荡中保持坚挺。 During the turmoil in the foreign-exchange markets the guilder remained strong.
[例句] 可能会有更大的动荡,不过我想也不必夸大问题。 There could be more unrest, but I wouldn't exaggerate the problems.
instigate,incite,stir up,agitation,blow the coals ;
[例句] 在我看来,是官员们煽动了这场争斗。 As far as I'm concerned the officials incited the fight.
[例句] 他们表示认罪,承认拥有可能煽动民族仇恨的材料。 They pleaded guilty to possessing material likely to incite racial hatred.
(骚动变乱) turmoil,disturbance,upheaval,unrest,convulsion ;
[例句] 真正的危险是该国东部地区的民众动乱。 The real danger is civil unrest in the east of the country.
[例句] 更加危险的动乱区在首都之外。 The more serious flashpoints are outside the capital.
movement,sports,athletics,[物] motion;
[例句] 每天做面部运动帮助她保持皮肤弹性。 Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin's elasticity.
[例句] 获胜者将在本周末的季后赛中对阵奥克兰运动者队。 The winner will face the Oakland A's in the playoffs this weekend.
cartoon,cameracature,animation,animated drawing [cartoon] ;
[例句] 这些电影将动画制作和长篇故事片融为一体。 The films are a mix of anima-tion and full-length features.
[例句] 要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度,花费会十分昂贵。 At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.
flicker,play,waver,bicker,twinkling ;
[例句] 她身体前倾,眼里闪动着兴奋的光芒。 She leaned forward, her eyes bright with excitement.
[例句] 天空乌云密布, 电光在云块间闪动. The sky was overcast, the ligtning leaped from cloud to cloud.
move,touch,affect;
[例句] 我因感动而写下了几句诗。 I have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
[例句] 他认为我很迷人,这真令我感动。 I was touched to find that he regards me as engaging.
brandish,wave,fling,flirt,shaking ;
[例句] 医院的工作人员都在外面一边挥动旗子一边鼓掌欢迎他。 Hospital staff were outside to welcome him, waving flags and applauding.
[例句] 约翰挥动着一片纸,怒气冲冲地走进会场. John stormed into the meeting waving a piece of paper about.
(推动人从事某种行为的念头) motive,intention,[心] motivation,cause,incentive ;
[例句] 人们想仔细分析他的作品,并对他的动机提出质疑。 People want to dissect his work and question his motives.
[例句] 他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。 He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne.
movement,move,act,activity,action ;
[例句] 他的某些举动让我很生气。 There are certain things he does that drive me mad.
[例句] 他们无疑将热烈欢迎这一举动。 They would no doubt welcome the action with open arms.
go on a journey,begin a journey,depart,set out on a journey,get off ;
[例句] 尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。 Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
[例句] 我动身去山谷了,一切全凭运气。 I set off for the valley, trusting to luck.