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The World Bank "cited Israeli roadblocks and checkpoints hindering trade and travel, as well as restrictions on Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas holds sway."
"sway" は知っている単語ですが、"holds sway" は慣用句のようなので調べます。・Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms:
1. to control Each group that held sway over a particular strip of the Mississippi River controlled who used it.
2. to have great influence Ten years after she correctly predicted the crash, she still holds sway among stock
brokers.
・Collins Dictionary: to be master; reign: Bondholders now hold sway in a way they never did before in Europe.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to have power or a very strong influence: Fundamentalist beliefs hold sway over whole districts, ensuring the popularity of religious leaders.
何で "holds sway" にこの様な意味があるのか疑問になったので "sway" を辞書で見直すと、
・Cambridge English Dictionary: control or influence: In the 1980s, the organization came under the sway of (= became strongly influenced by) Christian fundamentalism.: Her parents no longer seem to have much sway over her. The party could hold sway (= have an important influence) on some crucial votes.
・Online Etymology Dictionary: The noun meaning "controlling influence" (to be under the sway of) is 1510s, from a transitive sense of the verb in Dutch and other languages. The verb in this sense is recorded in English from 1590s.
という説明があり、"holds sway" は特に慣用句ではなく、 "sway" に元々（１６世紀から） "controlling influence" の意味があったのでした。
The World Bank "cited Israeli roadblocks and checkpoints hindering trade and travel, as well as restrictions on Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas holds sway."
"sway" は知っている単語ですが、"holds sway" は慣用句のようなので調べます。・Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms:
1. to control Each group that held sway over a particular strip of the Mississippi River controlled who used it.
2. to have great influence Ten years after she correctly predicted the crash, she still holds sway among stock
brokers.
・Collins Dictionary: to be master; reign: Bondholders now hold sway in a way they never did before in Europe.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to have power or a very strong influence: Fundamentalist beliefs hold sway over whole districts, ensuring the popularity of religious leaders.
何で "holds sway" にこの様な意味があるのか疑問になったので "sway" を辞書で見直すと、
・Cambridge English Dictionary: control or influence: In the 1980s, the organization came under the sway of (= became strongly influenced by) Christian fundamentalism.: Her parents no longer seem to have much sway over her. The party could hold sway (= have an important influence) on some crucial votes.
・Online Etymology Dictionary: The noun meaning "controlling influence" (to be under the sway of) is 1510s, from a transitive sense of the verb in Dutch and other languages. The verb in this sense is recorded in English from 1590s.
という説明があり、"holds sway" は特に慣用句ではなく、 "sway" に元々（１６世紀から） "controlling influence" の意味があったのでした。
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