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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• "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。
• The move is part of a groundswell of support for shareholders 'rights.
  此举是支持股东权利风潮的一部分。
• 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。
• The expected groundswell is driven by the composition of voter turnout, which at about 40 per cent would be significantly lower than the 63 per cent that brought Mr Obama to power.
  预期中的舆情转变，受到了选民投票率构成的推动，40%的投票率要远远低于奥巴马当选时的63%。
• 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。