1. He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea.
他开始在画廊做扫地沏茶的工作。
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2. America'sFirst Lady stood on the sweeping staircase of the White House.
美国第一夫人站在白宫的弧形楼梯上。
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3. "Thanks friend," he said, while sweeping the money into his pocket.
“谢了，朋友，”他说着就把钱划拉进了口袋。
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4. A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening.
今晚一场森林大火正席卷缅因州北部的部分地区。
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5. It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.
现在对基因疗法下结论还为时过早。
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The gardener is sweeping up the leaves in the road. 园林工人正在扫除道上的落叶。
It was like new air, or sweeping cobwebs. 这就像呼吸新鲜空气或扫除蜘蛛网时的感觉。
用作形容词 (adj.)
With the world economy mired in recession, Mr. Obama said there should be no illusion that producing the sweeping changes needed for success at Copenhagen will be easy. 随着世界经济陷入衰退，奥巴马先生说，我们不该有在哥本哈根能够轻易发生成功所需的一扫而去的变化的错觉。
He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. 他决不会赞同这样的观点，即势不可挡的激情是一种凶猛的激流，使人产生某些行为，因而是一种理由。
To be sure, the most sweeping assaults were in the end turned back. 诚然，最为广泛的攻击最后是被挡回去了。
He directed sweeping administrative and fiscal reforms that drew strong conservative opposition. 他进行了广泛的行政和财政改革，遭到保守派的强烈反对。
