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

• My thought is a tender leaf that sways in every direction and finds pleasure in its swaying.
  我有我的思想&一片柔嫩的芳草，铺展于四面八方，你在它们的摇曳中能看出欣喜。
• Industry competitiveness is the main factor that sways Fujian's present and future economic development.
  产业竞争力是影响当前和未来福建经济发展的主要因素。
• As the heavy cars pass, the bridge sways.
  当重型车辆经过，这座桥摇来摇去。
• 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。
• My island sways in the wind.
  我的心岛也在海风中使劲摇移。
• 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。
• 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；
• The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
  卡车疯狂地左摇右晃，从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。
• 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。
• If beauty sways interviewers, the beautiful will, by and large, have more successful careers than the ugly& even in careers for which beauty is not a necessary qualification.
  如果美丽会打动面试官，那么从总体上看，美丽的人比丑陋的人有更多事业成功&即便在那些美丽非必须条件的行业。