sweeping

n.扫除

（复数）sweepings: 垃圾.

adj.一扫而去的；凶猛的；广泛的

动词sweep的现在分词.

The gardener is sweeping up the leaves in the road. 园林工人正在扫除道上的落叶。

With the world economy mired in recession, Mr. Obama said there should be no illusion that producing the sweeping changes needed for success at Copenhagen will be easy. 随着世界经济陷入衰退，奥巴马先生说，我们不该有在哥本哈根能够轻易发生成功所需的一扫而去的变化的错觉。

He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. 他决不会赞同这样的观点，即势不可挡的激情是一种凶猛的激流，使人产生某些行为，因而是一种理由。

To be sure, the most sweeping assaults were in the end turned back. 诚然，最为广泛的攻击最后是被挡回去了。

He directed sweeping administrative and fiscal reforms that drew strong conservative opposition. 他进行了广泛的行政和财政改革，遭到保守派的强烈反对。

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adv.彻底地；大规模地

n.扫雷