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

• The groundswell of support appears to have been helped by his rekindled romance with Kate Middleton.
  威廉王子与女友凯特•米德尔顿重燃爱火可能是他赢得高支持率的主要原因。
• 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。
• This inaction on the part of so many big companies may invite scepticism about the Climate Group's ambition to start a "global groundswell of action".
  这么多大企业选择无为，不禁让人怀疑气候集团“推动全球性行动”的雄心壮志能否落实。
• 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。
• The international integrated reporting Committee, which launches today, is seeking to capitalise on this groundswell of discontent to undertake a radical review of reporting.
  今日成立的国际综合报告委员会（iirc）正寻求利用这种不满风潮，对报告制度展开根本评估。
• 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。
• 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。
• On that same groundswell of memory, fluttering
  她们在记忆的潮涌中扑动
• The recent groundswell of interest in the REST style of application architecture has highlighted the elegant design of the web.
  最近，大众对于REST风格应用架构表现出强烈兴趣，这表明Web的优雅设计开始受到人们的注意。
• The unexpectedly high turnout points to a popular groundswell in favour of a credible alternative to the centre-right President Nicolas Sarkozy.
  意料之外的高投票率表明，民众希望找到一个可靠人选，替代中右翼总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）的情绪高涨。