movement

Definitions

move + -ment (the result/state of an action) = 'the moving of something.' The physical sense (body movement) extends to people moving together toward a goal — a civil rights movement is a population set in motion. The musical 'movement' borrows the same idea: a section where the music gets going at its own pace.

Common Collocations

• 1.freedom of movement行动自由
• 2.social movement社会运动
• 3.political movement政治运动
• 4.sudden movement突然的动作

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She noticed a slight movement in the bushes nearby.

• 2.

  The environmental movement has grown rapidly over the past decade.

• 3.

  The symphony's second movement is slow and deeply moving.