| 词汇 | swayed |
| 释义 | swayed past simple and past participle ofsway sway verb uk /sweɪ/ us /sweɪ/ swayverb (MOVE)[ I ] to move slowly from side to side: 摇摆，摆动 The trees were swaying in the wind.树在风中摇曳。 The movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to side/back and forth.桅杆随着船的行驶左右／前后摇摆。 A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.一个醉汉摇摇晃晃地站在街道中间，努力想要站直身子。 [ T ] to cause something to move or change: 使移动，使改变 Recent developments have swayed the balance of power in the region.最近的发展使这个地区的实力均势发生了改变。 Shaking, swinging and vibrating brandish earth-shaking flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily shiver sway thrash trembly tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Changing General words for movement swayverb (PERSUADE)[ T ] to persuade someone to believe or do one thing rather than another: 说服，使动摇 Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan.她的演说没能说服她的同事们支持这个计划。 Urging & persuading ambulance-chasing argumentation badger be/go on at someoneidiom blag blagger get (something) through (to someone) go on hortatory hustle incitation incitement jockey sales pitch sway uncoerced unconvinced unpersuaded unpersuasive unsalable Examples of swayedswayed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The canvass allows parties to identify their supporters, their opponents, and also undecided voters, who might be swayed in an election. As a taped musician crooned a tune about love and the beauties of nature, the puppet swayed and gesticulated with realistic grace. The jury was not swayed by this appeal to authority. That meant that their choices were either somewhat arbitrarily made or, worse, easily swayed by others. Are they swayed by economic considerations or by purely non-material factors such as human rights and the rule of law? Note the suggestions that women may be swayed more by emotional reactions or that men may evaluate candidates more on the basis of gender stereotypes. The responsibility for any wrong behavior by the victims will be theirs when they let their judgment be swayed by fear. The investigators speculated that the latter's preferences were based on stable habits that were not as easily swayed by the framing manipulations (10). Women are often said to be more swayed by their emotions, although solid scholarly research is scarce on the point at best. It is easy to be swayed by fashion and the intrinsic appeal of "anatomic correction" by the arterial switch procedure. The remaining five, however, appears to have been swayed by one reason above all - domestic politics. How could he really have been suddenly swayed at that meeting, there were so many different opinions expressed there. Interestingly, the judgements of one group of children were swayed during the task. After some discussion, the abscission lobby swayed the decision for the name of the compound in its favour; dormin lost the first round. If the incumbent wants to win extra voters in the current election, she has to win voters who were not swayed by the incumbent in the previous election. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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