move on phrasal verbphr v a) change job/class 变换工作/班级CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER to leave your present job, class, or activity and start doing another one 变换工作[班级,活动] I enjoyed my job, but it was time to move on. 我喜欢我的工作,但是也应该换一换了。
to When you finish, move on to the next exercise. 你做完以后,接着做下一个练习。
move on to higher/better things (=get a better job or social position – used humorously) 另谋高就;攀上较高的社会地位〔幽默用法〕 Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things. 杰里米就要离开公司到别处高就了。
b) change/develop 改变/发展 i. PROGRESSDEVELOPto develop in your life, and change your relationships, interests, activities etc 〔在生活中〕成长,长进 I’ve moved on since high school, and now I don’t have much in common with some of my old friends. 高中以后我成长了,现在我和我的一些老朋友已经没有多少共同之处了。
from She has long since moved on from the roles of her youth. 她早就不是她年轻时候的角色了。
ii. ADVANCEDto change, progress, improve, or become more modern as time passes 发展,改进,变得更现代 By the time the software was ready, the market had moved on. 等到这个软件开发好,市场又变了。
c) move somebody on British EnglishBrE to order someone to leave a particular place – used especially about police 〔尤指警察〕命令某人离开 The police arrived on the scene and began moving the protesters on. 警察来到现场,开始驱赶抗议者。
d) change subject 改变话题TALK TO somebody to start talking about a new subject in a discussion, book etc 〔在讨论、书籍等中〕开始谈论新话题,进入新的话题 Before we move on, does anyone have any questions? 我们马上进入下面的话题,大家有什么问题吗?
e) continue journey 继续行程LEAVE A PLACE to leave the place where you have been staying and continue to another place 继续前行 After three days we decided it was time to move on. 三天以后,我们决定该继续赶路了。
to The exhibition has now moved on to Edinburgh. 展览现已转到爱丁堡。
f) time 时间PASS/TIME PASSING if time, the year etc moves on, the time passes 〔时间〕流逝 As time moves on, I’d like the children to play more challenging music. 随着时间的推移,我希望孩子们能弹奏更具挑战性的曲子。
g) time is moving on British EnglishBrE spokenLATE used to say that you must leave soon or do something soon, because it is getting late 时间不早了 Time’s moving on – we’d better get back to the car. 时间不早了——我们最好回到车上去。
move to• Then Modell can move on to Baltimore.• We then move on to consider in detail two studies of the demand for sport that have been carried out in Britain.• Once the exchanges were established Beveridge and Churchill moved on to examine how to introduce unemployment insurance.• Many people get along using the same programs and never move on to new versions.• President Kennedy glossed over the racial animus in Mississippi as he let the issue die by moving on to other concerns.• If this happens cancel that experiment and move on to something else!• Before moving on to the more advanced aspects of wave riding let us consider what should happen in the first attempts.• Clean the tops of each row before you move on to the next row.