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。
• Although registration is voluntary, there is a groundswell of policies aimed at spurring registration of all clinical trials.
  虽然注册是自愿的，但对政策的呼吁日益高涨，旨在促使对所有临床试验进行注册。
• 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。
• The candidate who shows an authentic sense fo humor – not stilted jokes or fake belly laughter – just might find a groundswell of support.
  展现令人可信的幽默感，而不是夸张的笑话或者是虚伪的大笑，这样的候选人会得到巨大的支持。
• Even though online tracking by advertisers is potentially much more of an intrusion on privacy, there is very little in the way of a groundswell of support for legislation restricting it, as there was for the do-not-call implementation act of 2003.
  虽然在线追踪可能更严重地侵犯了用户隐私，但目前来看，限制追踪法案获得的支持很少，这与2003年颁布的《限制呼入实施法》情形迥异。
• 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。
• It will take a larger groundswell of business people standing up to demand that their fellows be held accountable and that the proper relationship between government and big business be restored to set us on that path.
  需要更多的业界人士站起来，呼吁问责同仁，呼吁恢复适当的政企关系，开启修复的道路。
• 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 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。
• Why, then, the groundswell of opposition to foreign takeovers?
  那么，为何会出现反对外资收购的风潮呢？