in one fell swoop

/ɪn wʌn fɛl swuːp/· 短语

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in one fell swoop
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Chinese meaning

一yī举jǔ;一yī下xià子zi

一yī次cì行xíng动dòng就jiù达dá成chéng多duō项xiàng结jié果guǒ

In this story →

想xiǎng靠kào一yī次cì行xíng动dòng就jiù打dǎ掉diào所suǒ有yǒu成chéng瘾yǐn诉sù讼sòng

Example

Meta and TikTok tried to defeat thousands of social media addiction lawsuits in one fell swoop, but an appeals court rejected the attempt in a ruling issued yesterday.

Meta和héTikTok试shì图tú一yī举jǔ击jī溃kuì数shù千qiān起qǐ社shè交jiāo媒méi体tǐ成chéng瘾yǐn诉sù讼sòng,但dàn一yī家jiā上shàng诉sù法fǎ院yuàn在zài昨zuó天tiān发fā布bù的de裁cái决jué中zhōng驳bó回huí了le这zhè一yī企qǐ图tú。

Source: Ars Technica · 11 Aug 2026

Background ✎

美měi国guó上shàng诉sù法fǎ院yuàn驳bó回huí了leMeta和héTikTok的de请qǐng求qiú——他tā们men想xiǎng一yí次cì性xìng终zhōng结jié成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn起qǐ社shè媒méi成chéng瘾yǐn诉sù讼sòng,但dàn未wèi能néng得dé逞chěng。

Roots · etymology

源自莎士比亚《麦克白》,喻猛禽一击掠杀

  • fell(凶猛的,古形容词)+ swoop(猛扑一击,名词)

Collocations

  • wipe out ... in one fell swoop / solve everything in one fell swoop / eliminate ... in one fell swoop

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