a)sweep something ↔ awayDESTROY to completely destroy something or make something disappear 消灭;摧毁;扫除
houses swept away by the floods
被洪水摧毁的房屋
A sudden feeling of grief swept all my anger away.
一阵突如其来的悲伤使我怒气全消。
b)sweep somebody away (also sweep somebody along) if you are swept away or swept along by something, you are so excited that you do not think clearly or you forget about other things 〔感情、思想〕令某人着迷,使某人深受影响
We couldn’t help being swept away by Bette’s enthusiasm.
我们都不禁被贝特的热情打动了。
Nineteenth-century scientists were swept along on the tide of Darwin’s theories.
19 世纪的科学家深受达尔文理论思潮的影响。
nGrammar
Sweep away or sweep along is usually passive in this meaning.