motion

英 [ˈməʊ.ʃən]      美 [ˈmoʊ.ʃən]
  • n. 动作;移动;手势;请求;意向
  • vi. 运动;打手势
  • vt. 运动;向…打手势
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motion 运动,移动

来自拉丁语movere,运动,移动,词源同move.-t,过去分词后缀。

motion (n.)
late 14c., "suggestion; process of moving," from Old French mocion "movement, motion; change, alteration" (13c.), from Latin motionem (nominative motio) "a moving, a motion; an emotion," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Motion picture attested from 1896.
motion (v.)
late 15c., "to request, petition" (obsolete), from motion (n.). The sense in parliamentary procedure first recorded 1747; with meaning "to guide or direct by a sign, gesture, movement" it is attested from 1787. Related: Motioned; motioning.
1. She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off.
她做了个扇风的动作,假装想让自己凉快一点。
2. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion.
只要经济不景气,连锁反应就开始了。
3. Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.
这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。
4. 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。
5. I have set the wheels in motion to sell Endsleigh Court.
我已着手出售恩德斯勒公馆。

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