In a particular situation, the overriding factor is the one that is the most important.
例句
My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education...我最关心的是提高国民教育水平。Given the overriding need to cut the budget deficit, the administration will ask congress for only $15 million this summer.考虑到当务之急是削减预算赤字,今年夏天政府只计划向国会申请1,500万美元的预算。
英汉词典释义
adj.
最重要的;高于一切的
Development is of overriding importance.发展是硬道理
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. having superior power and influence;
"the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"