sweeping

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sweep·ing /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 BIGaffecting many things, or making an important difference to something 影响大的；范围广的；彻底的

sweeping changes/cuts/reforms etc

They want to make sweeping changes to education policies.

他们想要对教育政策进行大刀阔斧的改革。

2 [only before noun] including a lot of information about something 包含丰富信息的

a sweeping look at European history

欧洲历史面面观

3 sweeping statement/generalization a statement etc that is too general and that does not consider all the facts – used to show disapproval 一概而论的说法/笼统的概括〔含贬义〕

sweeping generalizations about women drivers

对女性司机一概而论的看法

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sweeping statement/generalization• He prefers a complicated sentence to a sweeping statement.• Of course, this is usually so, but I am having little niggling doubts about such a sweeping statement.• This is a sweeping statement which makes little obvious sense on first reading, so let us dissect it more carefully.

4 forming a curved shape 弯曲的，弧线的

the sweeping curve of the driveway

车道上的大弯

a sweeping gesture

大幅度的挥手动作

5 sweeping victory the winning of an election by a large number of votes 〔选举中的〕大胜

a sweeping victory for Labour

工党的大胜

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sweeping victory• The second was a sweeping victory, and the Athenians followed it up by landing troops on Aigina and besieging the town.

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sweeping• In my opinion, that submission was too sweeping.• Yet the most sweeping changes and the most fertile inventions have in the last decade come from New York.• He also advocated sweeping changes in education.• It was Gerald Kaufman, shadow foreign secretary, who did that for him, in a speech of vast sweeping grasp.• The cloth is liberally soaked and wiped over the surface in a smooth sweeping motion.• a sweeping novel

sweeping changes/cuts/reforms etc• After a tour and a few interviews with convicts, she was in favour of sweeping reforms.• Now Congress is primed to repeal the Housing Act of 1937 by enacting a series of sweeping reforms.• Yet the most sweeping changes and the most fertile inventions have in the last decade come from New York.• This option allows you to make more sweeping changes - for example you can go from a bar chart to a line chart.• The trend is prompted by sweeping changes in attitudes toward leisure time and the domestic roles of men.• The reshuffle involved sweeping changes in economic portfolios.• One of Thames's latest money-saving schemes involves making sweeping changes to contract terms.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sweepingsweep·ing /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

sweeping changes, cuts etc affect many people and make a big difference

The multinational announced asweeping reorganization of its trading and investment arm.

The firm has taken sweeping steps to tackle its operating problems.

sweep·ing adjectiveadj

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