budge¹[bʌdʒ]

• • [用于否定句]
• vi.
  • (略为)挪动，微微移动；推动：

    She stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.

    她踩油门，但汽车开不动。

  • 改变意见(或主意)；让步；服从，屈从：

    Once his mother had said “no”. she wouldn't budge.

    一旦他母亲说了“不”，她不会让步的。

• vt.
  • (微微)移动，推动：

    It took four of us to budge the rock.

    得用我们4人才能推动那块石头。

    They couldn't budge the heavy bell.

    他们推不动那个沉重的钟。

    unable to budge the boulder

    那块圆石一点儿也推不动

  • 使让步，使改变主意(或意见、决定)：

    We couldn't budge the lawyer.

    我们不能使律师改变主意。

    Once the president had made a decision, no one could budge him.

    一旦总统做了决定，没人能使他改变决定。

• 变形:

  vi.budged.budging

budge²[bʌdʒ]

• n.
  • 翻毛羔(羊)皮
• adj.
  • 用羔羊皮装饰的
  • [古语]庄严的，严肃的，死板的；壮丽的，豪华的；浮夸的，自负的