move: [13] Move comes via Anglo-Norman mover from Latin movēre ‘move’, which was related to Sanskrit mīv- ‘push, press’. Derivatives of the Latin verb have been a rich source of English vocabulary, including emotion, moment, motion, motor, and mutiny. => emotion, moment, motion, motor, mutiny
move (v.)
late 13c., from Anglo-French mover, Old French movoir "to move, get moving, set out; set in motion; introduce" (Modern French mouvoir), from Latin movere "move, set in motion; remove; disturb" (past participle motus, frequentative motare), from PIE root *meue- "to push away" (cognates: Sanskrit kama-muta "moved by love" and probably mivati "pushes, moves;" Lithuanian mauti "push on;" Greek ameusasthai "to surpass," amyno "push away").
Intransitive sense developed in Old French and came thence to English, though it now is rare in French. Meaning "to affect with emotion" is from c. 1300; that of "to prompt or impel toward some action" is from late 14c. Sense of "to change one's place of residence" is from 1707. Meaning "to propose (something) in an assembly, etc.," is first attested mid-15c. Related: Moved; moving.
move (n.)
mid-15c., "proposal," from move (v.). From 1650s in the gaming sense. Meaning "act of moving" is from 1827. Phrase on the move "in the process of going from one place to another" is from 1796; get a move on "hurry up" is Americal English colloquial from 1888 (also, and perhaps originally, get a move on you).
双语例句
1. So, if we could just move onto something else?
那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？
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2. They are selling their house to move to a smaller one.
他们正打算卖掉房子，然后搬到一个小一点的住处。
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3. If the company was to relocate, most employees would move.
如果这个公司要搬迁，多数员工也要搬家。
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4. The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.
针对公众对该疾病的不断蔓延日益担忧，从而出台了这一举措。
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5. They would move heaven and earth to stop me if they could.
