budge
意味
- 《won't, wouldn'tと共に》ちょっと動く
- 《can't, couldn'tと共に》…をちょっと動かす
例文
I tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge.
ドアを開けようとしたけど、びくともしなかったよ。
The minimum wage has hardly budged as of late.
最低賃金はこのところほとんど変わっていません。
She will not budge an inch no matter what anyone says.
誰がなんと言おうと彼女は自説を曲げない。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.