sweeping
adj. 彻底的; 影响广泛的,全面的; 扫荡的,一网打尽的
v. 扫( sweep的现在分词)
A sweeping curve is a long wide curve.
...the long sweeping curve of Rio's Guanabara Bay.
里约热内卢瓜纳巴拉湾蜿蜒绵长的海岸线
If someone makes a sweeping statement or generalization, they make a statement which applies to all things of a particular kind, although they have not considered all the relevant facts carefully.
It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.
现在对基因疗法下结论还为时过早。
Sweeping changes are large and very important or significant.
The new government has started to make sweeping changes in the economy...
新政府已经着手在经济领域进行意义深远的改革。
The armed forces would be given sweeping new powers.
武装部队将被授予一些新的重要权力。
1. the act of cleaning with a broom
1. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination;
2. ignoring distinctions;
3. having broad range or effect;
A gale has risen and is sweeping the clouds across the sky.
大风起兮云飞扬.
They were sweeping up the dead leaves from the paths.
他们在把小径上的枯树叶扫在一起.
The craze is sweeping over Japan.
这种狂热正席卷日本.
Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?
你能听到风掠过树枝的声音 吗 ?
Before sweeping the house she bound up her hair in a large handkerchief.
打扫房屋前,她把头发用一块大手帕扎起来.