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

• 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。
• 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。
• We note that the structure is symmetrical and that sways represent antisymmetrical loading.
  注意结构是对称的，而节点线位移表示反对称荷载。
• So that it sways and carries it across to the next tree.
  而令它能够越过另一棵树上。
• Sways leisurely under the water;
  油油的在水里招摇；
• 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。
• In light of the residual sways at night.
  就在残灯摇曳的夜里。
• Venice is spooky under its grainy November skies. The city creaks and sways like a fishing pier.
  威尼斯在11月的粒状天空下让人毛骨悚然，像渔船码头般嘎嘎响，东摇西晃。
• I cannot secure my aim, it sways of a natural drunkenness.
  我无法守住我的目标，它总是以一种自然的摇晃摆来摆去。
• It sways in the breeze.
  在和风中摇晃。