| 单词 | swingeing |
| 释义 | swinge·ing /ˈswɪndʒɪŋ/ adjective swingeing cuts PEREDUCE British English very severe reductions in spending, especially by a government or organization 〔尤指政府或组织的〕大幅开支削减 SYN sweeping swingeing cuts in public spending 公共开支的大幅削减Examples from the Corpusswingeing• Price rises were ineffective unless they were so swingeing as to be ruinous.• The conference kicked off with a swingeing attack on local government reform by Arthur Midwinter, professor of politics at Strathclyde University.• Universities everywhere were in disarray, faced with swingeing cuts in their funding.• There will certainly be no complaints from her that far more swingeing penalties have now been introduced.• The most immediate consequence was the swingeing repression carried out during the autumn and winter of 1934-5.• There followed a swingeing series of letters between Rodrigo and Berenguer, in which each accused the other of treachery and cowardice.Origin swingeing (1500-1600) swinge “to punish severely” ((16-19 centuries))swinge·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable severe especially very reductions by in spending, Corpus a |
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