swept

/swɛpt/· verb (past participle)

体育/经济B1

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Chinese meaning

被…（浪潮/热潮）席卷

被bèi浪làng潮cháo、热rè潮cháo卷juǎn走zǒu,身shēn不bù由yóu己jǐ

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人rén们men上shàng班bān时shí被bèi世shì界jiè杯bēi热rè潮cháo吸xī引yǐn、无wú心xīn工gōng作zuò

Example

The global economy may be suffering from lost productivity as people get swept by World Cup fever, a survey shows.

一项调查显示,由于人们被世界杯热潮席卷,全球经济可能正因生产力下降而受损。

Source: NPR · 13 Jul 2026

Background ✎

一yī项xiàng调diào查chá显xiǎn示shì,员yuán工gōng上shàng班bān时shí间jiān看kàn世shì界jiè杯bēi拖tuō累lěi了le全quán球qiú生shēng产chǎn力lì,一yī名míng小xiǎo企qǐ业yè主zhǔ为wèi此cǐ几jī乎hū整zhěng天tiān都dōu在zài看kàn比bǐ赛sài。

Roots · etymology

为动词 sweep 的过去式与过去分词变化形式

单纯词,不可拆(sweep 的过去分词)

Collocations

swept away / swept up in / get swept by

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世界杯期间上班看球全球生产效率下滑人们上班时被世界杯热潮吸引、无心工作