Making a clean sweep 重新開始/壓倒性勝利
Children in Bali take part in a mass clean up in a pioneering project to protect the environment. Photo: Mike Clark
Making a clean sweep 重新開始/壓倒性勝利
如果某人在 make a clean sweep 意思是他準備徹底的重新開始做事情。這個短語同時也可以指取得壓倒性的勝利，尤其是體育比賽或競選。
今日小常識
Bali, is one of the world’s top surf spots has a huge problem with rubbish collection and disposal with the majority of the tonnes of rubbish created per day coming from tourism. It’s been reported that 90% of floating marine debris is plastic which takes 450 – 1000 years to break down.
巴厘島是世界上最大的沖浪點，可是面對怎樣處理每天由游客們遺留下數噸垃圾的收集和處理問題。據報道塑料占漂浮海洋垃圾的90%，而它們需要450-1000年的時間才能被分解。
例句
Laura is determined to make a clean sweep of her house this Christmas. She is going to replace all the kitchen appliances and upgrade her home entertainment system.
The Chinese team is hoping to make a clean sweep of the table tennis competition at this year’s Olympic games.
請注意
短語 sweep something under the carpet 把東西掃到地毯下是指試圖隱藏或者忽視一個問題而不去處理它。
When it comes to the issue of the equality of pay, the management often try to sweep it under the carpet.
