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| /swuːp/ |
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| 1 | a quick and sudden movement downwards through the air , made especially in order to attack or catch someone or something （尤指为袭击或抓住某人或某物的）突降，向下猛冲，飞扑 |
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| 2 | a sudden and unexpected attack on a place , especially by police （尤指警察的）突然袭击 | He was arrested in a police swoop on a house in Stepney. 他在警察对斯蒂普尼一幢房子的突击搜查中被捕。 | |
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| - | in/at one fell swoop
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| with one sudden action on or one single occasion |
| 一举；一下子 |
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| In one fell swoop he’ s destroyed everything we’ ve achieved in the last year. 他一下子就毁掉了我们去年的所有成果。 |
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