overwhelm是什么意思？

overwhelm

英[ˌəʊvəˈwelm] 美[ˌoʊvərˈwelm]

• v. 使不知所措，使难以承受，淹没，征服，压倒，击败，（感情或感觉）充溢；

过去式：overwhelmed;

过去分词：overwhelmed;

现在分词：overwhelming;

第三人称单数：overwhelms;

例句

• Such rapid influxes of sediment probably overwhelm the bottom dwellers in an area. 沉积物如此迅速的汇集可能把这一地区的海底生物全部淹没了.
• Dull butcheries on a gigantic scale and mass effects overwhelm all detached sentiment. 大规模的无情屠杀和群众意向压倒了一切公平意见.
• No difficulty can overwhelm us. 困难压不倒我们.
• 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.
• 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。

同义词

• vt.
  overwhelm的同义词之：使吃惊,使惊讶
  surprise, flabbergast, astonish, bewilder, amaze, startle, astound, dumbfound,
  overwhelm的同义词之：击败
  overcome, defeat, conquer, surmount, crush, vanquish,
• overwhelm的同义词之：其他释义
  overcome, deluge, stun, oppress, surprise, overtake, crush, startle, vanquish, overpower, astonish, shower, astound, flabbergast, surmount, defeat, conquer, bewilder, amaze, swamp, dumbfound,

英语四级真题

For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together.
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To avoid being overwhelmed by stress.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文

英语六级真题

A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Advising non-English-speaking families to speak only English is overwhelming to telling them not to communicate with or interact with their children.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （情感、事件等）使不知所措，使难以承受
  If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  例句
  He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past... 他一心渴望回到从前。 The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her. 她迫不及待地要找个人说说话，随便是谁都行。
• VERB
  征服；制服；击败
  If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  覆盖, 淹没
  A great wave overwhelmed the boat. 一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
  压倒, 制服; 打败
  Invading armies overwhelmed the town. 入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。
  使某人不知所措
  He was overwhelmed by the death of his father. 他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 体育： 压倒对方；