Was heißt »durch­grei­fend« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »durch­grei­fend« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • drastic
  • radical
  • sweeping

Synonyme

dra­ko­nisch:
draconian
ener­gisch:
energetic
hart:
brutal
cold
cruel
difficult
hard
harsh
pitiless
rigid
severe
stiff
strong
unmoved
unpleasant
unyielding
violent
hef­tig:
hefty
intense
violent
herb:
bitter
krass:
crass
re­so­lut:
determined
resolute
ri­go­ros:
rigorous
savagely
streng:
strict

Antonyme

lahm:
lame
nach­läs­sig:
oblivious
scho­nend:
gentle

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The head of government declared his firm intention to introduce radical reforms.

  • Heavy rain is sweeping in from the west.

  • The legislature enacted sweeping laws.

  • The legislature has enacted sweeping laws.

  • Tom is sweeping the floors, Mary is playing chess, and John is riding his bike outside. What is Alice doing?

  • Tom made a radical decision.

  • Is that radical enough for you?

  • The radical in the Chinese character for "good" is the character for "woman".

  • Greece is taking radical measures to prevent a collapse of its financial system.

  • When you're done sweeping, I'll mop.

  • Mary has always been left-leaning, but since she's got a seat in parliament for the Left Party, she has become a media star with her radical critique of capitalism.

  • They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.

  • Tom is radical.

  • I am sweeping the yard.

  • Tom is sweeping his room.

  • Electing this mayor proved to be a drastic mistake.

  • My father is sweeping the garage.

  • His ideas are too radical to be acceptable to most people.

  • His music is sweeping the whole country.

  • The government will have to take drastic action to solve the problem.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: durchgreifend. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: durchgreifend. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11085773, 10953986, 10936787, 10936786, 10145461, 7784847, 7126537, 6900306, 5804056, 4413097, 3536144, 3153012, 2236825, 1661075, 1660868, 818461, 318976, 286460, 285640 & 271503. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR