sways

英 [sweɪz]

美 [sweɪz]

v.  (使)摇摆，摇动; 说服; 使相信; 使动摇
sway的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摇晃;摇摆;摆动
  When people or thingssway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other.
  1. The people swayed back and forth with arms linked...
     人们手挽手，前后摇晃着。
  2. The whole boat swayed and tipped.
     整条船摇晃后翻倒了。
  3. ...a coastal highway lined with tall, swaying palm trees.
     两旁有摇曳的高大棕榈树的沿海公路
• VERB 影响;左右
  If youare swayed bysomeone or something, you are influenced by them.
  1. Don't ever be swayed by fashion.
     永远不要受潮流的影响。
  2. ...last minute efforts by the main political parties to sway the voters in tomorrow's local elections.
     主要政党为说服选民在明天的地方选举中投自己一票而作出的最后努力
• PHRASE 占统治地位;具有重大影响力
  If someone or somethingholds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
  1. South of the Usk, a completely different approach seems to hold sway...
     阿斯克以南盛行的似乎是一种完全不同的方式。
  2. The 'families' are the basic units, each holding sway over a recognised territory.
     “家庭”是基本单位，每一个家庭都控制着自己受人认可的领地。
• PHRASE 在…的控制下;在…的支配下;在…的影响下
  If you areunder the sway ofsomeone or something, they have great influence over you.
  1. How mothers keep daughters under their sway is the subject of the next five sections.
     在接下来的 5 节将探讨母亲怎样管教女儿。

双语例句

• Since the aesthetics of reception sways the foundation of the traditional translation theory, its introduction and application to translation field meet a great resistance.
  由于接受美学从根本上动摇了传统的翻译理论及观点，将其引入并应用到翻译理论界，其所遭遇的阻力可想而知。
• Wind sways trees and grass.
  风吹草木动。
• It is in crowded or close races where ranked-choice voting most sways outcomes, says Corey Cook, a politics professor at the University of San Francisco.
  旧金山大学的一位政治学教授库克说道，优先选择投票制通常是在比较密集或接近的竞选者中左右结果的。
• The Research on the Suitable Arm Sways in a Dash
  短跑摆臂合理技术的研究
• In light of the residual sways at night.
  就在残灯摇曳的夜里。
• Here, the crimson skirt of a tribeswoman sways during a performance at the Ndumu Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.
  这里，一位部落的妇女穿深红色裙子摇摆，当一个表演在恩杜穆游戏储备在库哇语祖鲁语――南非的纳塔尔。
• I think such sentiment profoundly sways the career choices people make.
  我想这样的情绪会对人们的职业选择产生深远的影响。
• Abrupt yelling, tearful bouncing, dancing in dire sadness and singing in utmost agitation, the wind sways and swirls thousands of flags which embody the enthusiasm and resplendence;
  突喊，哭跃，悲哀极度的舞蹈，“血脉愤兴”的狂歌，挥动着，旋转着那些表现热情灿烂的千万个旗帜；
• A machine in an Ikea factory had pre-drilled some holes but had not made them deep enough and so, after much cursing over the screwdriver, I attached the legs so insecurely that the desk sways when touched.
  宜家（Ikea）工厂用机器预先打好了几个洞，但深度不够，因此，在诅咒了一番螺丝刀之后，我没有把桌腿固定好，以致桌子一碰就晃。
• Michael McGinnis says advertising sways children in several ways.
  迈克儿马蒂尼说广告在几个方面影响这儿童。