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单词 swingeing
释义
swingeingswinge‧ing /ˈswɪndʒɪŋ/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINswingeing
Origin:
1500-1600 swinge ‘to punish severely’ (16-19 centuries)
Examples
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  • Price rises were ineffective unless they were so swingeing as to be ruinous.
  • The conference kicked off with a swingeing attack on local government reform by Arthur Midwinter, professor of politics at Strathclyde University.
  • The most immediate consequence was the swingeing repression carried out during the autumn and winter of 1934-5.
  • There followed a swingeing series of letters between Rodrigo and Berenguer, in which each accused the other of treachery and cowardice.
  • There will certainly be no complaints from her that far more swingeing penalties have now been introduced.
  • Universities everywhere were in disarray, faced with swingeing cuts in their funding.
swingeing cuts British English very severe reductions in spending, especially by a government or organization SYN  sweeping:  swingeing cuts in public spending
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