budge
verb /bʌdʒ/
/bʌdʒ/
usually used in negative sentences动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they budge | /bʌdʒ/ /bʌdʒ/ |
| he / she / it budges | /ˈbʌdʒɪz/ /ˈbʌdʒɪz/ |
| past simple budged | /bʌdʒd/ /bʌdʒd/ |
| past participle budged | /bʌdʒd/ /bʌdʒd/ |
| -ing form budging | /ˈbʌdʒɪŋ/ /ˈbʌdʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move slightly; to make something/somebody move slightly
（使）轻微移动，挪动 - She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge.
她推了推门，门却一动不动。 - The dog refused to budge.
狗不肯动弹。 - budge something I heaved with all my might but still couldn't budge it.
我用尽全力也没把它拽动。
- He sat down and would not budge.
他坐下，不愿意动了。 - He threw all his weight against the door, but it wouldn't budge an inch.
他将整个身体向门大力撞去，但门纹丝不动。 - I pushed hard at the door but it wouldn't budge.
我使劲推门，门却一动不动。 - We all heaved on the rope, but still couldn't budge the car from the mud.
我们大家一起用力拉绳子，但还是没能把轿车从泥里拉出分毫。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- not even
- will not
- would not
- refuse to
- …
- from
- on
- not budge an inch
- She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge.
- [intransitive, transitive, often passive] to change your opinion about something; to make somebody change their opinion
（使）改变主意，改变观点 - budge (on something) He won't budge an inch on the issue.
在这一点上他丝毫不肯让步。 - budge from something Company executives refused to budge from their position.
公司高管拒绝改变立场。 - be budged (on something) He was not to be budged on the issue.
在这一点上他不会让步。 - be budged from something They would not be budged from their initial asking price.
他们不会从最初的要价上让步。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2- The union won't budge on its demand.
工会不会在本身的要求上让步。 - She absolutely refused to budge.
她丝毫不肯让步。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- not even
- will not
- would not
- refuse to
- …
- from
- on
- not budge an inch
- budge (on something) He won't budge an inch on the issue.
词源late 16th cent.: from French bouger ‘to stir’, based on Latin bullire ‘to boil’.