1. (彎曲)大幅度的,延伸的 A sweeping curve is a long wide curve.
e.g. ...the long sweeping curve of Rio's Guanabara Bay. 里約熱內盧瓜納巴拉灣蜿蜒綿長(cháng)的海岸線(xiàn)
2. (陳述、總結)一概而論的，籠統的 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.
e.g. 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(shí)過(guò)早。
3. (變化)巨大的，重要的，有廣泛影響的,深遠的 Sweeping changes are large and very important or significant.
e.g. The new government has started to make sweeping changes in the economy... 新政府已經(jīng)著(zhù)手在經(jīng)濟領(lǐng)域進(jìn)行意義深遠的改革。 e.g. 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。
4. see also: sweep
sweeping英英釋義
sweeping什么意思
noun
1. the act of cleaning with a broom
adj
1. ignoring distinctions
e.g. sweeping generalizations wholesale destruction
Synonym: wholesale
2. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area often used in combination
e.g. a sweeping glance a wide-sweeping view of the river