groundswell

英 [ˈɡraʊndswel]

美 [ˈɡraʊndswel]

n.  (群体情绪的)迅速高涨

BNC.33028 / COCA.22530

牛津词典

noun

• （群体情绪的）迅速高涨
  the sudden increase of a particular feeling among a group of people
  1. a groundswell of support
     拥护的情绪迅速高涨
  2. There was a groundswell of opinion that he should resign.
     要求他辞职的呼声越来越高。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （公众情绪、支持度等的）迅速高涨
  A sudden growth of public feeling or support for something is often called agroundswell.
  1. There is undoubtedly a groundswell of support for the idea of a strong central authority...
     毋庸置疑，拥护强有力的中央集权的呼声越来越高。
  2. The groundswell of opinion is in favour of a referendum.
     支持全民公决的舆论呼声越来越高。

双语例句

• The expected groundswell is driven by the composition of voter turnout, which at about 40 per cent would be significantly lower than the 63 per cent that brought Mr Obama to power.
  预期中的舆情转变，受到了选民投票率构成的推动，40%的投票率要远远低于奥巴马当选时的63%。
• Why, then, the groundswell of opposition to foreign takeovers?
  那么，为何会出现反对外资收购的风潮呢？
• If we combine these intentional data points with falling prices and increasing capabilities of these devices along with a explosion of applications, we are seeing the beginning of a groundswell.
  他表示：如果把这些意向性数据，和这类手机不断降价、性能不断增强，以及应用软件激增结合起来，我们就看到了一场海啸的开端。
• For the first time, I witnessed a groundswell of support for this thought, which brings the power to transform our organizations and make them more human.
  我第一次亲眼看到支持这个理念的人迅速增加，这个理念带给我们变革组织、并使组织更趋人性化的力量。
• The groundswell of activities around Earth Day in India showed organizers how wide and deep the A Billion Acts of Green campaign has gone.
  地球日活动在印度的蓬勃发展让组织者们看到，“10亿个绿色行动”已发展得深入而广泛。
• By1921, the public's Einstein mania was in full force, and there was a groundswell of support for him to win the Nobel – indeed, an expressed sense that it would be inexplicable if he didn't.
  到了一九二一年，公众的”爱因斯坦热“到达了顶峰，支持他成为诺贝尔奖的呼声潮涌一般-的确，那时一种溢于言表的感觉，如果他不获奖，那简直是根本无法让人理解。
• The candidate who shows an authentic sense fo humor – not stilted jokes or fake belly laughter – just might find a groundswell of support.
  展现令人可信的幽默感，而不是夸张的笑话或者是虚伪的大笑，这样的候选人会得到巨大的支持。
• Even though online tracking by advertisers is potentially much more of an intrusion on privacy, there is very little in the way of a groundswell of support for legislation restricting it, as there was for the do-not-call implementation act of 2003.
  虽然在线追踪可能更严重地侵犯了用户隐私，但目前来看，限制追踪法案获得的支持很少，这与2003年颁布的《限制呼入实施法》情形迥异。
• The unexpectedly high turnout points to a popular groundswell in favour of a credible alternative to the centre-right President Nicolas Sarkozy.
  意料之外的高投票率表明，民众希望找到一个可靠人选，替代中右翼总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）的情绪高涨。
• The groundswell of support appears to have been helped by his rekindled romance with Kate Middleton.
  威廉王子与女友凯特•米德尔顿重燃爱火可能是他赢得高支持率的主要原因。