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Budge Move French Latin Boil Can'apos;T Bʌdʒ V.移动一点儿;改变立场

单词 budge
音标 [bʌdʒ]
解释 v.移动一点儿;改变立场
红宝书 【英】 v.移动一点(to move a little);妥协(to yield)
【考】 obdurate(diehard): budge / lachrymose : cheer(顽固的不会让步/悲 哀的不会高兴)
【记】 比较:budget(预算) ,去掉一个't'就成了 'budge'
【例】 I bargained hard,but the shop owner did not budge a bit.
字源 budge (v.)
1580s, from Middle French bougier "to move, stir" (Modern French bouger), from Vulgar Latin *bullicare "to bubble, boil" (hence, "to be in motion"), from Latin bullire "to boil" (see boil (v.)). Compare Spanish bullir "to move about, bustle;" Portuguese bulir "to move a thing from its place." Related: Budged; budging.
不择手段背单词 v. 微微移动一点 = move a little; 妥协(改变立场或态度) = yield
【例】He can'apos;t budge this rock 他搬不动这块岩石. Money can'apos;t budge her 金钱不能使她改变立场.
【记】budget(n 预算), 去掉t(微微移动一点)就变成了‘budge’
【类】obdurate[diehard]: budge = lachrymose: cheer = hidebound: innovation顽固的[人]不会让步 = 悲哀的不会高兴 = 死板的不会创新palter: candor = vagary: predict 含糊其词不会直率 = 奇特行为不会预知
趣味全助记 【记】音:甭挤,不挤,不要挤,往里挪一挪,动一动了,挤公共汽车时常听到售票员这么说

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