sweep·ing/`swipɪŋ; ˈswiːpɪŋ/ adj 1 affecting many things, or affecting one thing very much 〔影响〕范围大的，广泛的，深远的: sweeping changes 彻底的变化 2 sweeping statement/ generalization a statement that is unfair because it includes all the people in a group, all the parts of a situation etc without saying that some may be different 失诸笼统的说法/概括: Women tend to be more sensitive than men — but of course that's a sweeping generalization. 女性总是比男性敏感 — 当然这是一概而论了。