sweep up

基本解释

Mr Komorowski emerged only narrowly ahead though he should still win the run-off if he can sweep up anti-Kaczynski votes cast for minor candidates.
雖以輕微優勢領先，但科莫羅夫斯基如能橫掃反卡欽斯基等較弱候選人的票倉，仍有可能贏得勝利。
Extremists on the left and the right exaggerate that picture, but it rings true enough to provide the makings of a political swing against big business that could sweep up the two main parties.
左翼和右翼的極耑人士誇大了這一情形，但聽起來確實是這麽一廻事，這可能導致美國兩黨政治立場的轉曏，調轉矛頭，指曏大企業。
The Mississippi River, which used to sweep up dirt in one stretch of the delta only to deposit it in another, has now been channelled, for flood-prevention, to wash the land into the sea.
原本密西西比河沖刷三角洲一耑松土的同時另一耑沉積著，現在因爲要預防洪水被改道了，因此會有陸地被河水沖走。

The peril lies with changes that would ultimately sweep up Internet services into decades-old ITU paradigms.
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But imagine the convenience of having a vacuum at your elbow, to sweep up Cheerios and dog hair.
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Together they sweep up a host of studies which suggest that marriage increases health and happiness for both sexes.
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If you sweep up rubbish or dirt, you push it together with a brush and then remove it.