sweep up

英[swiːpʌp] 美[swiːpʌp]
  • 打扫;横扫
  • sweep v.打扫;掠过;扫视;席卷;全胜;清除n.清扫;连绵一片;席卷;掠过;范围;搜寻;(竞赛中)全胜;赌金
  • up adv.向上;起来;上升;往上prep.向上adj.向上的;上行的n.上升v.上升;增加
Verb:
  1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

    "They were swept up by the events"
    "don't drag me into this business"

  2. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

    "She embraced Catholicism"
    "They adopted the Jewish faith"

    1. They didn't sweep up the crumbs.
      他们没打扫碎屑。