sweeping
adj. 徹底的; 影響廣泛的,全面的; 掃蕩的,一網打盡的
v. 掃( sweep的現在分詞)
A sweeping curve is a long wide curve.
...the long sweeping curve of Rio's Guanabara Bay.
里約熱內盧瓜納巴拉灣蜿蜒綿長的海岸線
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.
現在對基因療法下結論還為時過早。
Sweeping changes are large and very important or significant.
The new government has started to make sweeping changes in the economy...
新政府已經著手在經濟領域進行意義深遠的改革。
The armed forces would be given sweeping new powers.
武裝部隊將被授予一些新的重要權力。
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.
大風起兮雲飛揚.
They were sweeping up the dead leaves from the paths.
他們在把小徑上的枯樹葉掃在一起.
The craze is sweeping over Japan.
這種狂熱正席捲日本.
Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?
你能聽到風掠過樹枝的聲音 嗎 ?
Before sweeping the house she bound up her hair in a large handkerchief.
打掃房屋前,她把頭髮用一塊大手帕紮起來.