overwhelm

英[ˌəʊvə'welm] 美[ˌoʊvər'welm]
  • vt. 打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败
overwhelmed overwhelmed overwhelming overwhelms
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星级词汇:
  • over prep.在...的上方；遍及地；在...期间adv.穿过；完全覆盖；结束；落下n.(板球中)每个投球手一次连续所投出的球数

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 压倒，制服
    v. (动词)
    1. 淹没；覆盖
    2. 压倒，战胜，压服，征服，摧毁，打败
    3. 使不知所措；使受不了
    4. 使十分感动
    5. 使不好意思
    6. （使）应接不暇，（使）目不暇接
    7. 晕头转向
    8. 困窘
    9. 累垮
    10. 充溢；漫过
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 覆盖,淹没 cover completely and usually suddenly
    2. vt. 打败,压倒 defeat or make powerless (usually a group of people) by much greater force of numbers
    3. vt. 使不知所措 make (sb) completely helpless, usually suddenly

英英释义

Verb:
  1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

  2. charge someone with too many tasks

  3. cover completely or make imperceptible;

    "I was drowned in work"
    "The noise drowned out her speech"

  4. overcome by superior force

双语例句

1. After my lecture, the students began to overwhelm me with questions.
讲课之后, 学生们开始问一系列问题,使我不知所措.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. No difficulty can overwhelm us.
困难压不倒我们.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
毫无疑问，盟军一次大规模的进攻就会击溃已是强弩之末的敌军。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Don't just win the match; overwhelm your opponents by about 20 goals to nil.
不只是要赢这场比赛, 而且要以大约20∶0的比分压倒对方.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The raider, cornered at length, will overwhelm one weak vessel and escape.
袭击舰即便最后被它们团团围住, 它也会摧毁其中一艘较弱的巡洋舰, 突围而出.

来自辞典例句

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. No difficulty can overwhelm us.
      困难压不倒我们。
    2. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
      如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。
    3. Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.
      你的好意使我感激难言。
    4. The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.
      这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。
    5. Europe's golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans.
      欧洲的高尔夫运动员以压倒性的优势击败了美国对手。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. A great wave overwhelmed the boat.
      一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
    2. Their mission was to seize the bridges and overwhelm the garrison.
      他们的任务是夺取桥梁,击溃守敌。
    3. That accident overwhelmed his career.
      那起事故毁掉了他一生的事业。
    4. Invading armies overwhelmed the town.
      入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。
    5. Sorrow overwhelmed the family.
      全家人悲伤不已。
    6. His kindness overwhelmed us.
      他的好意使我们感到不安。
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    7. The enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.
      敌军被优越之兵击溃。
    8. He was overwhelmed by the death of his father.
      他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. overwhelm的基本意思是“覆盖”“淹没”“泛滥”,其主语常指水; 引申则可表示“压倒”“击败”,这时其主语常是人群。 overwhelm 还可表示某人“…之极”“非常激动”“使不知所措”。
  2. overwhelm是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语。
用作动词 (v.)
overwhelm by (v.+prep.)
    以…压倒… defeat or make powerless by sth
    overwhelm sb by sth

    Don't just win the match; overwhelm your opponents by about 20 goals to nil.

    不只是要赢这场比赛,而且要以大约20∶0的比分压倒对方。

overwhelm with (v.+prep.)
    由于…使某人对…不知所措 make sb completely helpless for sth
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词 ～+介词

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【邻近词汇】

overwhelming overweight overwhelmed by a flood Overwhelm or astonish sb overwhelmed by their munificence overwhelm by using great force. overwhelm people with one's power
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