affecting many things, or making an important difference to something

影响大的; 范围广的; 彻底的:

They want to make sweeping changes to education policies.

他们想对教育政策进行彻底的改革。

[only before noun] including a lot of information about something

包含丰富信息的:

a sweeping look at European history

欧洲历史面面观

sweeping statement / generalization, a statement etc that is too general and that does not consider all the facts – used to show disapproval

一概而论的说法/笼统的概括〔含贬义〕:

sweeping generalizations about women drivers

对女性司机一概而论的看法

forming a curved shape

弯曲的，弧线的:

the sweeping curve of the driveway

车道上的大弯

a sweeping gesture

大幅度的手势

sweeping victory, the winning of an election by a large number of votes

〔选举中的〕大胜:

a sweeping victory for Labour

工党的大胜