Wordiyosway
🇬🇧 UK/swei/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To move slowly from side to side; to influence or control someone's opinion or decision.
摇摆；影响，左右（某人的意见或决定）
n.
A swinging motion from side to side; power or influence over others.
摇摆；影响力，支配力
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishswayother
=sway
Common Collocations
- 1.hold sway占主导地位／掌控大局
- 2.sway public opinion左右公众舆论
- 3.sway back and forth来回摇摆
- 4.under the sway of在……的影响下
Example Sentences
- 1.
The tall trees began to sway gently in the evening breeze.
- 2.
Nothing could sway her decision to leave the company after ten years.
- 3.
The politician held sway over the entire region for nearly two decades.