sweep out

基本解释

" Perhaps you can sweep out for me a bit of grain or beans, " the hungry beggar continued.
“或許，您還能掃出一把麥子或黃豆呢？” 飢餓的乞丐又說道。
But in some eyes, that is not enough, for a man who before his election as supreme pontiff implied that he wanted to sweep out the “filth” from the church.
但是在一些人看來，僅僅這樣是不夠的。在儅選爲羅馬教皇之前，本篤曾表示要掃清教會的一切“汙穢”。
At present our houses are cluttered and defiled with it, and a good housewife would sweep out the greater part into the dust hole, and not leave her morning's work undone.
目前，我們的房屋正堆滿了家具，都給家具弄髒了呢，一位好主婦甯願把大部分家具掃入垃圾坑，也不願讓早上的工作放著不乾。
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Last week,while conducting his 17th immigration sweep, he brought out his "big gun," a machine gun.

Should he do that, he will be able to sweep out the UMNO old guard.
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That will be a good time to sweep out the old and bring in the new.
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From a strictly business perspective, it just makes sense to shake things up and sweep out the cobwebs.
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