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…proposing a sweeping overhaul of…提出对…的全面整改
1.)sweeping: having an important effect on a large part of sth 影响广泛的,大范围的,根本性的
sweeping reforms / changes
全面改革;彻底变化
Security forces were given sweeping powers to search homes.
安全部队被授予入户搜查的绝对权利 .
2.)Overhaul: an examination of a machine or system, including doing repairs on it or making changes to it 检修,大修,改造
A radical overhaul of the tax system is necessary.
有必要彻底改革税制.
Downturn: a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker (商业经济的)衰退,下降,衰退期
a downturn in sales / trade / business
销售/贸易/营业额下降
the economic downturn of the late 1990s
20世纪90年代末的经济衰退
Grow out of sth: to develop or happen as a result of something else that happened or existed 产生于,源于
The idea for the book grow out of a visit to India.
这本书的构思源于到印度的一次访问.
这个grow out of sth还有另外2个意思.
1.) (of a child) to become too big to fit into a piece of clothing (孩子)长得太大而穿不上衣服
该意同outgrow.
He's already grown out of his school uniform.
他已经长得穿不上他的校服了.
2.) to stop doing sth as you become older 因长大而改掉(或革除,戒掉)某习惯
Most children suck their thumbs but they grow out of it.
大多数孩子都吮拇指,大了就好了.
