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broad-brush

/brawd-bruhsh/US // ˈbrɔdˌbrʌʃ //UK // (ˈbrɔːdˌbrʌʃ) //

大刀阔斧,大刀阔斧的,大刀阔斧地,粗放型的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details: a broad-brush approach to reform.

Examples

  • In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.

  • The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.

  • Our time is so vastly different in its particulars that the parallels work only in broad strokes.

  • But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.

  • Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

  • His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.

  • This gave the house a very cheerful appearance, as if it were constantly on a broad grin.

  • And now I am going on to a review of the broad facts of the educational organization of our present world.

  • The embankment or road-bed was commenced by gigantic piling, and is very broad and substantial.

  • Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.