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单词 sway
释义
sway
verb
uk
/sweɪ/us
/sweɪ/

swayverb(MOVE)

[I]
tomoveslowlyfromsidetoside:
摇摆，摆动
Thetreeswere swaying in thewind.树在风中摇曳。
Themovementof theshipcausedthemastto swayfromsidetoside/back andforth.桅杆随着船的行驶左右／前后摇摆。
Adrunkwasstandingin themiddleof thestreet, swayinguncertainlyandtryinghard tostayupright.一个醉汉摇摇晃晃地站在街道中间，努力想要站直身子。
[T]
tocausesomething tomoveorchange:
使移动，使改变
Recentdevelopmentshave swayed thebalanceofpowerin theregion.最近的发展使这个地区的实力均势发生了改变。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
  • brandish
  • flap
  • flourish
  • fluffsomethingup
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • pulse
  • rocky
  • shakiness
  • shimmy
  • stir
  • stirsomethingup
  • sweep
  • teeter
  • thrashing
  • wag
  • wobble
  • wobbler
  • wobbly
  • worry atsomething
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Changing
General words for movement

swayverb(PERSUADE)

[T]
topersuadesomeone tobelieveor do one thingratherthan another:
说服，使动摇
Herspeechfailedto sway hercolleaguesintosupportingtheplan.她的演说没能说服她的同事们支持这个计划。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Urging & persuading
  • ambulance-chasing
  • argumentation
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • blag
  • blagger
  • chivvy
  • fob
  • induce
  • inveigle
  • lean
  • lean onsomeone/something
  • miseducate
  • miseducation
  • overencourage
  • soft sell
  • urge
  • woo
  • work onsomething
  • wrap
  • wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
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sway
noun[U]
formal
uk
/sweɪ/us
/sweɪ/
controlorinfluence:
控制，统治；影响
In the 1980s, theorganizationcameunder theswayof(=becamestronglyinfluencedby)Christianfundamentalism.在20世纪80年代，这个组织深受基督教原教旨主义的影响。
Herparentsnolongerseemto have much swayoverher.她的父母似乎再也管不了她了。
Thepartycouldholdsway(= have animportantinfluence)on somecrucialvotes.该党可对一些关键选票施加重要影响。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Power to control
  • ascendancy
  • authoritarianism
  • be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
  • big beast
  • buysomethingin
  • cradle
  • hegemonic
  • hegemonism
  • hegemony
  • implant
  • influence
  • ingrain
  • lever
  • leverage
  • power vacuum
  • predominance
  • puissance
  • pull
  • redetermination
  • tooth
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(Definition ofswayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sway| American Dictionary

sway
verb
us
/sweɪ/

swayverb(MOVE)

[I]
tomoveslowlyfromsidetoside:
Thetreessway in thewind.

swayverb(PERSUADE)

[T]
topersuadesomeone tobelieveor to do something:
Were you swayed by herarguments?
sway
noun[U]
us
/sweɪ/

swaynoun[U](MOVEMENT)

aslowmovementfromsidetoside:
Thecarshowedlotsof sway incrosswinds.

swaynoun[U](ABILITY TO PERSUADE)

theabilitytopersuade:
As ayoungmusician, hefellunder the sway of Louis Armstrong.
Largecorporationsholdsway withCongress.
(Definition ofswayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsway

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As a taped musician crooned a tune about love and the beauties of nature, the puppet swayed and gesticulated with realistic grace.
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The investigators speculated that the latter's preferences were based on stable habits that were not as easily swayed by the framing manipulations (10).
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What is fitting, then, is what moves, convinces, or sways an audience.
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The computer interprets the sounds received from the three swaying microphones and responds by playing new notes over the three speakers.
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Women are often said to be more swayed by their emotions, although solid scholarly research is scarce on the point at best.
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The rejection of the regime and the dynamics of the opposition certainly played a part, but less so than the swaying power of the towns.
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The use of body contact such as patting, rocking, stroking, walking and swaying in tempo with their singing was demonstrated.
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After pinch-off of the main drop, the filament that remains sways, while elastically retracting back into the orifice, as shown in frames (d) and (e).
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The remaining five, however, appears to have been swayed by one reason above all - domestic politics.
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How could he really have been suddenly swayed at that meeting, there were so many different opinions expressed there.
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Interestingly, the judgements of one group of children were swayed during the task.
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After some discussion, the abscission lobby swayed the decision for the name of the compound in its favour; dormin lost the first round.
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Any time only one voice is heard the potential for swaying others based on bias rather than well-articulated and full argumentation is a disturbing possibility.
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If the incumbent wants to win extra voters in the current election, she has to win voters who were not swayed by the incumbent in the previous election.
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To ensure judicial impartiality the system needs to minimise the dangers of judges being swayed or bought by any of the parties involved in a legal dispute.
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