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to sway between two alternatives

  • 1 sway

    1. intransitive verb
    [hin und her] schwanken; (gently) sich wiegen
    2. transitive verb
    1) wiegen [Kopf, Hüften, Zweig, Wipfel]; hin und her schwanken lassen [Baum, Mast, Antenne]
    2) (have influence over) beeinflussen; (persuade) überreden
    3. noun
    Herrschaft, die

    have somebody under one's sway, hold sway over somebody — über jemanden herrschen

    * * *
    [swei] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move from side to side or up and down with a swinging or rocking action: The branches swayed gently in the breeze.) schaukeln
    2) (to influence the opinion etc of: She's too easily swayed by her feelings.) beeinflussen
    2. noun
    1) (the motion of swaying: the sway of the ship's deck.) das Schaukeln
    2) (power, rule or control: people under the sway of the dictator.) die Herrschaft
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    [sweɪ]
    I. vi person schwanken; trees sich akk wiegen
    to \sway from side to side hin und her schwanken
    to \sway backwards and forwards hin und her schaukeln
    II. vt
    1. (swing)
    ▪ to \sway sth etw schwenken; wind etw wiegen
    to \sway one's hips sich akk in den Hüften wiegen
    2. usu passive (influence)
    ▪ to be \swayed by sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw beeinflussen lassen; (change mind) von jdm/etw umgestimmt werden
    were you \swayed by her arguments? haben ihre Argumente dich rumgekriegt? fam
    3. ( fig: alter)
    ▪ to \sway sth etw ändern
    III. n no pl ( liter: control) beherrschender Einfluss, Einflussbereich m
    to come under the \sway of sb/sth unter den Einfluss einer Person/einer S. gen geraten
    to hold \sway [over sb/sth] [über jdn/etw] herrschen
    Newtonian physics held \sway until the advent of Einstein and relativity die Newtonsche Physik war vorherrschend, bis Einstein mit der Relativitätstheorie auftrat
    * * *
    [sweɪ]
    1. n
    1) (= movement of trees) Sichwiegen nt; (of hanging object) Schwingen nt; (of building, mast, bridge etc, unsteady person) Schwanken nt; (of train, boat) Schaukeln nt; (of hips) Wackeln nt; (fig) Schwenken nt
    2) (= influence, rule) Macht f (over über +acc)

    to bring a city/a people under one's sway — sich (dat) eine Stadt/ein Volk unterwerfen

    to hold sway over sb/a nation — jdn/ein Volk beherrschen or in seiner Macht haben

    2. vi
    (trees) sich wiegen; (hanging object) schwingen; (building, mast, bridge etc, unsteady person) schwanken; (train, boat) schaukeln; (hips) wackeln; (fig) schwenken

    she sways as she walks —

    3. vt
    1) hips wiegen; (wind) hin und her bewegen
    2) (= influence) beeinflussen; (= change sb's mind) umstimmen
    * * *
    sway [sweı]
    A v/i
    1. schwanken:
    a) sich wiegen, schaukeln
    b) taumeln
    2. sich neigen
    3. fig sich zuneigen (to dat)
    4. fig
    a) sich bewegen (between … and zwischen dat … und):
    sway backwards and forwards hin- und herwogen (Schlacht etc)
    b) schwanken (between … and zwischen dat … und)
    5. herrschen ( over über akk)
    B v/t
    1. etwas schwenken, schaukeln, wiegen:
    sway one’s hips sich in den Hüften wiegen
    2. neigen
    3. meist sway up SCHIFF Masten etc aufheißen
    4. fig die Massen etc beeinflussen, lenken, beherrschen:
    sway the audience das Publikum mitreißen;
    his speech swayed the elections seine Rede beeinflusste die Wahlen entscheidend;
    swaying arguments unwiderlegliche Argumente
    5. besonders poet das Zepter etc schwingen
    6. beherrschen, herrschen über (akk)
    C s
    1. Schwanken n, Wiegen n
    2. Schwung m, Wucht f
    3. Einfluss m, Bann m:
    under the sway of unter dem Einfluss oder im Banne von (od gen)( → C 4)
    4. Herrschaft f, Gewalt f:
    hold sway over → B 6;
    under the sway of a dictator in der Gewalt oder unter der Herrschaft eines Diktators
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb
    [hin und her] schwanken; (gently) sich wiegen
    2. transitive verb
    1) wiegen [Kopf, Hüften, Zweig, Wipfel]; hin und her schwanken lassen [Baum, Mast, Antenne]
    2) (have influence over) beeinflussen; (persuade) überreden
    3. noun
    Herrschaft, die

    have somebody under one's sway, hold sway over somebody — über jemanden herrschen

    * * *
    n.
    Einfluss -¨e m. v.
    schwanken v.
    wippen v.

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