每日一词/2018.10.25/sway

1. 英英释义：to influence someone so that they change opinion

2. 理解："sway"是及物动词，本意是“摇晃、摇摆”；常被引申为“影响、是动摇”，可替换influence和impact, 但影响程度高于influence和impact。

3. 应用

1）翻译：人们往往会被广告所影响，购买很多根本不需要的东西。

People tend to be swayed by advertisements and buy things they don't need at all.

（参考译文）

People tend to be swayed by commercials and purchase lots of things that are unnecessary.（或）People are often swayed by advertisements and buy lots of things that they do not necessarily need.

2）造句

People tend to be swayed by their inward anxiety and purchase lots of online courses that are unnecessary.(人们为摆脱焦虑而大量购买网上课程）