motions

英 [ˈməʊʃnz]

美 [ˈmoʊʃnz]

n.  运动; 移动; 动; (为传递信息用手或头做的)动作; 动议; 提议
v.  (以头或手)做动作，示意
motion的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 运动;移动
  Motionis the activity or process of continually changing position or moving from one place to another.
  1. ...the laws governing light, sound, and motion...
     有关声、光和运动的定律
  2. One group of muscles sets the next group in motion...
     一组肌肉带动下一组肌肉运动。
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT 行动;手势;动作
  Amotionis an action, gesture, or movement.
  1. Cover each part of the body with long sweeping strokes or circular motions...
     对全身每个部位画长弧线轻抚或做圆圈状按摩。
  2. He made a neat chopping motion with his hand.
     他挥手做了一个干净利落的劈砍的动作。
• N-COUNT (会议、辩论或审判时提出的)动议，提议，议案
  Amotionis a formal proposal or statement in a meeting, debate, or trial, which is discussed and then voted on or decided on.
  1. 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。
  2. Opposition parties are likely to bring a no-confidence motion against the government...
     反对党很可能提出对政府的不信任案。
  3. 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。
• VERB 打手势;示意
  If youmotionto someone, you move your hand or head as a way of telling them to do something or telling them where to go.
  1. She motioned for the locked front doors to be opened...
     她示意把锁着的前门打开。
  2. He stood aside and motioned Don to the door...
     他站到一边并示意唐到门口去。
  3. I motioned him to join us...
     我示意他加入到我们的队伍中来。
  4. He motioned to her to go behind the screen.
     他示意她走到屏风后面。
• N-COUNT (尤为医生、护士用语)排便，大便
  Some people, especially doctors or nurses, usemotionas a polite way of referring to a person's act of defecation or the faeces produced.
  1. Try to make sure your bowel motions are regular and that you avoid any constipation.
     尽量保证大便规律，避免便秘。

in AM, use 美国英语用 movement


• See also:slow motiontime and motion
• PHRASE 走过场;应付差事
  If you say that someoneis 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.
  1. '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。”
• PHRASE 假装做;装装样子
  If yougo through the motions, you pretend to do something by making the movements associated with a particular action.
  1. The sailor went through all the motions smartly...
     这个水手机灵地走了走过场。
  2. Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
     演员们假装从事不同的劳动。
• PHRASE 正在发生;在进行中;即将发生
  If a process or event isin motion, it is happening. If it is setin motion, it is happening or beginning to happen.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 开动;激活;启动
  If someonesets the wheels in motion, they take the necessary action to make something start happening.
  1. I have set the wheels in motion to sell Endsleigh Court.
     我已着手出售恩德斯勒公馆。

双语例句

• The magnetic fields produced by the orbital motions of the electrons in filled shells also cancel in pairs.
  满壳层中电子的轨道运动所产生的磁场也被成对地抵消了。
• A special type of unsteady motions which bear a resemblance to plane wave solutions of the linear theory of elasticity can be constructed.
  一种特殊类型的、和线性弹性理论中的平面波解有点相像的非稳态运动可以建立起来。
• So many nonlinear evolution equations have been shown to be closely related to motions of curves and surfaces.
  因此，很多非线性演化方程都与曲线和曲面运动有着密切的关系。
• Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
  演员们假装从事不同的劳动。
• Cover each part of the body with long sweeping strokes or circular motions
  对全身每个部位画长弧线轻抚或做圆圈状按摩。
• The vertical and horizontal motions of a projectile can be treated independently.
  抛射体的竖直方向和水平方向的运动能够分开来处理。
• This formula provides valuable reference for studying the manoeuvring motions of a ship under varying accelerated motion.
  该公式对研究在变加速情况下的船舶操纵运动有一定的参考价值。
• '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。”
• The study of vibration is concerned with the oscillatory motions of bodies and the forces associated with them.
  振动的研究涉及到物体的振荡运动以及与此有关的力。
• Try to make sure your bowel motions are regular and that you avoid any constipation.
  尽量保证大便规律，避免便秘。