sway
n. 摇摆, 影响力, 支配 vt. 摇动, 支配, 弄歪, 使倾斜, 使动摇, 影响 vi. 摇动, 摇摆, 倾斜, 动摇, 统治, 转向
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教材释义与例句
影响；摇摆；统治
影响；统治；使摇动
影响；摇摆
释义与例句
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1.
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
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A rocking or swinging motion.
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3.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
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Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
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Rule; dominion; control; power.
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A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
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The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
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Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
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1.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
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摇摆
不及物sway to the music
The trees swayed in the breeze.
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2.
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
及物to sway the sceptre
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3.
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
及物Do you think you can sway their decision?
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To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
及物reeds swayed by the wind
judgment swayed by passion
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To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
及物 航海 交通to sway up the yards
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To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
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To have weight or influence.
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To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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词源
From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”). The noun derived from the verb.
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