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…proposing a sweeping overhaul of…提出對…的全面整改
1.)sweeping: having an important effect on a large part of sth 影響廣泛的,大范圍的,根本性的
sweeping reforms / changes
全面改革;徹底變化
Security forces were given sweeping powers to search homes.
安全部隊被授予入戶搜查的絕對權利 .
2.)Overhaul: an examination of a machine or system, including doing repairs on it or making changes to it 檢修,大修,改造
A radical overhaul of the tax system is necessary.
有必要徹底改革稅制.
Downturn: a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker (商業(yè)經濟的)衰退,下降,衰退期
a downturn in sales / trade / business
銷售/貿易/營業(yè)額下降
the economic downturn of the late 1990s
20世紀90年代末的經濟衰退
Grow out of sth: to develop or happen as a result of something else that happened or existed 產生于,源于
The idea for the book grow out of a visit to India.
這本書的構思源于到印度的一次訪問.
這個grow out of sth還有另外2個意思.
1.) (of a child) to become too big to fit into a piece of clothing (孩子)長得太大而穿不上衣服
該意同outgrow.
He's already grown out of his school uniform.
他已經長得穿不上他的校服了.
2.) to stop doing sth as you become older 因長大而改掉(或革除,戒掉)某習慣
Most children suck their thumbs but they grow out of it.
大多數孩子都吮拇指,大了就好了.
