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IELTS BNC: 5641 COCA: 4335

momentum

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Related topics: Physics, Mechanical
mo·men·tum /məʊˈmentəm, mə- $ moʊ-, mə-/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU]  
1  FAST/QUICKINCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTthe ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful 动力，势头
gain/gather momentum 加速
 The campaign for reform should start to gather momentum in the new year.
要求进行改革的运动在新的一年里声势应该会壮大。
 incentives to maintain the momentum of European integration
保持欧洲一体化发展势头的激励措施
 Governments often lose momentum in their second term of office.
政府往往会在第二届任期中丧失冲劲。
momentum of
 the momentum of increasing immigration
移民增多的势头
momentum towards
 the momentum towards economic union
经济上融合的势头
2  FAST/QUICKthe force that makes a moving object keep moving 〔使运动物体继续运动的〕冲力，推力，动力
gain/gather momentum (=move faster) 加速
 The wheel was allowed to roll down the slope, gathering momentum as it went.
那轮子沿着斜坡向下滚动，速度越来越快。
 Pratt, without losing any momentum at all, passed them both and won the race.
普拉特劲头丝毫不减，超过他们两个赢得了比赛。
3  technicalHPTEM the force or power that is contained in a moving object and is calculated by multiplying its weight by its speed 动量
momentum of
 the momentum of a particle
粒子的动量
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
gain/gather/build up momentum (=become more and more successful)
The show gathered momentum over the next few months and became a huge hit.
give something momentum (=make something become more successful)
The agreement was small, but it gave new momentum to the talks.
maintain momentum (=make something continue at the same pace)
The party was determined to maintain the momentum of reform.
lose momentum (=to start to become less successful)
The team seems to have lost its momentum.
keep the momentum going (also sustain the momentum formal) (=keep being successful)
Hopefully we can keep the momentum going and win the next game as well.
adjectives
irresistible (=that cannot be stopped)
The social changes began to gather irresistible momentum.
Examples from the Corpus
momentum• We are trying to measure the position and momentum of an electron as accurately as possible.• It closes very rapidly and has considerable momentum.• On the Look-Out derives extra momentum from this eccentric procedure.• While critics of his decision gained momentum Thursday, the record shows they face an uphill battle.• As the slope got steeper, the sled gathered momentum.• The ball was moving along, slowly losing momentum on the bumpy ground.• Gonzalez insisted that fears of lost momentum should not be a concern.• Raymond is traveling full speed downhill on his own momentum.• The attacker's own momentum pushes him forward on to the blow.• Missile defence has a political momentum that makes a supposedly awkward question such as whether it really works pale almost into irrelevance.• Players skate around the ice with realistic momentum, ie you have to slow down to turn round.• Carey's momentum carried him past the base.
gain/gather momentum• How did the escaping gas gain momentum?• It's a subject that has gained momentum across the country in recent years.• That idea, once dismissed as nonsense, keeps gaining momentum.• Biological and entomological studies gained momentum through the photographic record.• Clay Shaw of Florida, has failed to gain momentum, and time is running out.• I waited for it to gather momentum.• Gradually the train gathered momentum, and within seconds it was moving at top speed.• The slope was getting steeper and their sledge was gaining momentum all the time.
gain/gather momentum• How did the escaping gas gain momentum?• It's a subject that has gained momentum across the country in recent years.• That idea, once dismissed as nonsense, keeps gaining momentum.• Biological and entomological studies gained momentum through the photographic record.• Clay Shaw of Florida, has failed to gain momentum, and time is running out.• I waited for it to gather momentum.
From Longman Business Dictionary
momentummo·men·tum /məʊˈmentəm, mə-moʊ-, mə-/ noun [uncountableU]
the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful
A movement to remove government restrictions on business operations gained momentum.
Economists warned the economy was losing momentum rapidly and that growth could slip as low as 1.5% next year.
Origin momentum
(1600-1700) Latin “movement, moment”, from movere “to move”
mo·men·tum noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 5641 COCA: 4335
momentum

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOMENTUM | MOMENTUM + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, great, tremendous相當大的勢頭；極大的動力；巨大的勢頭➤irresistible, irreversible, unstoppable無法抗拒的／不可逆轉的／不可阻擋的勢頭▸➤initial最初的勢頭▸➤fresh (especially BrE) 新的動力◇She gave fresh momentum to the campaign.她為這一運動注入了新的活力。➤downward, forward, upward向下的／向前的／向上的推動力◇There's no forward momentum in the movie.這部影片中找不到前進的動力。➤political政治推動力◇There is plenty of political momentum behind the proposed changes.在變革提議背後有足夠的政治驅動力。VERB + MOMENTUM➤have有⋯勢頭◇The campaign for change now has considerable momentum.改革運動現在勢頭相當猛。➤build up, gain, gather, increase加大衝量；積聚動量◇The car gathered momentum as it rolled down the hill.汽車衝下山時動量逐漸增加。➤create, generate, give sth, provide產生動量；給⋯動量；提供動量▸➤keep up, maintain, sustain保持勢頭▸➤lose喪失勢頭◇The team has lost momentum in recent weeks.最近幾週球隊的強勁勢頭已經減弱。➤regain重獲動量▸➤slow放慢勢頭MOMENTUM + VERB➤build up, increase衝量加大；動量積聚➤carry sb/sth動量帶動⋯◇Her momentum carried her through the door.衝力使她穿門而過。➤go衝勁消失◇Their momentum has gone, and they feel they cannot fight any longer.他們已經沒了衝勁，感到無法繼續打下去了。PREPOSITION➤momentum for⋯的勢頭◇We must keep up the momentum for reform.我們必須保持住改革的衝勁。➤momentum towards/toward朝向⋯的勢頭◇the irresistible momentum towards / toward reunification of the two countries兩國再度統一的不可抗拒的勢頭PHRASES➤keep the momentum going保持發展的勢頭◇We have to keep the momentum of our sales operation going.我們必須保持銷售業務的發展勢頭。
IELTS BNC: 5641 COCA: 4335
momentum noun
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IELTS BNC: 5641 COCA: 4335
momentum
Progress and development: progress, development, advance...
General words for speed: speed, pace, velocity...
Physical forces and processes: absorbance, air resistance, amplitude...

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