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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• "There's been a groundswell of interest in understanding the role of specific stem cells in the development of liver cancer," Rountree said.
  “人们对理解干细胞在肝癌发展中的作用掀起了一阵风潮，”朗特里说。
• But the recent turmoil across India also shows that there is a groundswell of rising aspirations, with people calling on politicians to tackle corruption.
  然而，最近遍及印度的骚乱也显示出人们的期望值不断抬高的风潮，以及对政治家们处理腐败的要求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。