do the sweeping
collocation做清扫工作
I need to do the sweeping before the guests arrive.
我需要在客人到达之前做清扫。
清扫；打扫
一次清扫；扫除。；用扫帚清扫；清扫活动；打扫。；扫除；垃圾
the act or an instance of cleaning with a broom or brush
一次清扫；扫除。
An instance of sweeping.
用扫帚清扫
the act of cleaning with a broom
清扫活动；打扫。
The activity of sweeping.
The weekly sweeping of the courtyard keeps the entrance clean.
每周清扫庭院让入口保持干净。
用法提示：sweeping 用作名词，表示‘用扫帚清扫’这个动作。
I don't mind cooking, but I really hate the sweeping.
我不介意做饭，但我真的很讨厌扫地。
用法提示：sweeping 作为名词，指‘用扫帚打扫’这件事。
After a thorough sweeping, the workshop looked much tidier.
彻底清扫之后，车间看起来整洁多了。
用法提示：sweeping 在这里是名词，表示‘打扫’的行为。
Cleaning是广义词，sweeping特指用扫帚清扫，使用范围更窄。
与清扫相反，弄脏地面的行为
与清扫相反，使变脏的行为
做清扫工作
I need to do the sweeping before the guests arrive.
我需要在客人到达之前做清扫。
扫地
She is busy sweeping the floor.
她正忙着扫地。
扫街
The workers are sweeping the street early in the morning.
工人们一大早在扫街。
扫帚
He bought a new sweeping brush.
他买了一把新扫帚。
彻底清扫
The room needs a thorough sweeping.
这个房间需要彻底清扫。
扫起来
After the party, we started sweeping up the mess.
派对后，我们开始清扫狼藉。
笼统的概括
It's a sweeping generalization to say all teenagers are lazy.
说所有青少年都懒惰是一种笼统的概括。
彻底的改变
The new CEO made sweeping changes to the company's structure.
新CEO对公司的结构进行了彻底的改变。
笼统的说法
He made a sweeping statement about the whole department without knowing the facts.
他在不了解事实的情况下对整个部门做了一个笼统的说法。
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