Noun:

1. the act of cleaning with a broom

Adjective:

1. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination;

   "a sweeping glance"
   "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
   

2. ignoring distinctions;

   "sweeping generalizations"
   "wholesale destruction"
   

far-reachingadj.深远的；伸至远处的；广大的

comprehensiveadj.全面的；广泛的；综合的；理解的

extensiveadj.广泛的；广阔的；广大的；大量的

spaciousadj.宽敞的；广阔的

expansiveadj.易膨胀的；广阔的；滔滔不绝的；健谈的

muscularadj.肌肉的；肌肉发达的

thoroughadj.彻底的；完全的；详尽的；细致深入的

overalladj.全部的；总体的；全面考虑的adv.总的来说；总共n.罩衫；工作服

all-encompassingadj.包含所有的

across-the-boardadj.全盘的；全面的；全面下注的

wideadj.广泛的；广阔的；睁得大的；渊博的；偏离目标的adv.张的很大地；广阔地；没有完全获胜把握

widespreadadj.分布(或散布)广的；普遍的

fulladj.满的；充满的；完全的n.全部；极点adv.非常；直接地vt.使衣服宽松；增厚

broadadj.宽广的；清楚无误的；明显的；胸怀开阔的；粗俗的n.<俚>女子

indiscriminateadj.任意的；不加区别的；不加选择的

generalizedadj.普遍的；概括的；广义的动词generalize的过去式和过去分词形式.

generaladj.普遍的；全面的；一般性的；大致的；笼统的；常规的；总的；首席的n.将军；一般

blanketn.毛毯；覆盖物；排字版vt.覆盖；用毯子裹；扑灭；挡风；使包含adj.包含所有的；适用于所有情形的

unselectiveadj.非选择性的；不选择的；以随机选择为特征的

wholesaleadj.批发的；大规模的；草率的adv.批发地；大规模地n.批发v.批发

1. The gardener is sweeping up the leaves in the road.
   园林工人正在扫除道上的落叶。
2. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。