| 单词 | in the movement |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the movement b. in the movement: in or according with the tendency prevalent at a particular period or in a particular sphere. Cf. in the swim at swim n. 7a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > in modern times > in a modern manner of the new jetc1330 modernly1612 in the movement1894 contemporarily1930 1894 World 5 Sept. 11/2 We have in The New Woman a live play, a play which is distinctly in the movement. 1907 Q. Rev. July 160 To make life vivid: to be ‘in the movement’, this was his [sc. Disraeli's] desire. 1908 H. James Portrait of Lady (rev. ed.) II. xliv. 228 The Countess could not but feel that the correspondent of the Interviewer was much more in the movement than the American Corinne. 1926 C. Sidgwick Sack & Sugar xxvi. 299 She..had quite antiquated Victorian ideas of what English people had nowadays if they were in the movement. She had not got beyond shiny chintzes and overmantels. < as lemmas |
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