| 单词 | sweeping |
| 释义 | sweeping (once / 375 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY sweeping: sweepingly, sweepings+/sweep: sweeped, sweeper, sweeping, sweeps/sweeper: sweepers USAGE EXAMPLESTo read Trump’s win as some kind of sweeping victory for conservatism would be absurd. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But their actions starting Tuesday to end Obamacare will be far less sweeping, at least initially, than a full-blown repeal of the law. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Security Council resolution criticizing Israel on settlements, then slapped Russia with sweeping penalties over U.S. allegations of hacking against the U.S. political process. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination a sweeping glance a wide- sweeping view of the river Syn broad, wide having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other 2adj ignoring distinctions sweeping generalizations Syn wholesale indiscriminate not marked by fine distinctions 3n the act of cleaning with a broom Hyper cleaning, cleansing, cleanup the act of making something clean |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。