英语词汇“swing of the pendulum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

h. An observable movement in general opinion away from one position towards another. Hence spec. in Politics, a change in the relative distribution of popular support for political parties, often measured in terms of percentage gains or losses by each party at a poll. Formerly also †swing of the pendulum.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > in public opinion

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > change in popular support

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electioneering > movements of public opinion

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1899 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 42 Affairs took a swing under me and took me off my balance.

1912 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 835 It is evident that a swing of public opinion has occurred.

1933 D. W. Brogan Amer. Polit. Syst. x. iv. 368 The strength of American parties is, as a rule, too sectional, too much divorced from any current national controversies, for there to be anything like our ‘swing of the pendulum’.

1940 Economist 5 Oct. 421/2 The swing in American public opinion has been such that the Nazis may well despair of keeping the United States out of a long war.

1945 Times 27 July 4/1 When the votes were counted..it was revealed that the Government formed by Mr Churchill on the break-up of the Coalition had been decisively beaten by a surging swing of opinion to the Left.

1955 Times 26 May 10/1 The absence of any pronounced ‘swing’ towards the Government.

1960 Where? 3 17 ‘Swing’, the, jargon for the relatively recent tendency among sixth form pupils to specialize in science rather than arts subjects.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 493 It was only a 3·1 swing, and by God a 3·1 swing can become a 4·0 counter-swing very quickly indeed.

1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. ii. 38 We had bad county council results in April, including Lancashire though with a favourable swing in Greater London.

单词	swing of the pendulum
释义	> as lemmas swing of the pendulum h. An observable movement in general opinion away from one position towards another. Hence spec. in Politics, a change in the relative distribution of popular support for political parties, often measured in terms of percentage gains or losses by each party at a poll. Formerly also †swing of the pendulum. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > in public opinion swing1899 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > change in popular support swing1899 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electioneering > movements of public opinion swing1899 bounce1975 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 42 Affairs took a swing under me and took me off my balance. 1912 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 835 It is evident that a swing of public opinion has occurred. 1933 D. W. Brogan Amer. Polit. Syst. x. iv. 368 The strength of American parties is, as a rule, too sectional, too much divorced from any current national controversies, for there to be anything like our ‘swing of the pendulum’. 1940 Economist 5 Oct. 421/2 The swing in American public opinion has been such that the Nazis may well despair of keeping the United States out of a long war. 1945 Times 27 July 4/1 When the votes were counted..it was revealed that the Government formed by Mr Churchill on the break-up of the Coalition had been decisively beaten by a surging swing of opinion to the Left. 1955 Times 26 May 10/1 The absence of any pronounced ‘swing’ towards the Government. 1960 Where? 3 17 ‘Swing’, the, jargon for the relatively recent tendency among sixth form pupils to specialize in science rather than arts subjects. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 493 It was only a 3·1 swing, and by God a 3·1 swing can become a 4·0 counter-swing very quickly indeed. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. ii. 38 We had bad county council results in April, including Lancashire though with a favourable swing in Greater London. extracted from swingn.² < as lemmas
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