overwhelmed是什么意思？

overwhelmed

• v. 淹没( overwhelm的过去式和过去分词 )，压倒，覆盖，压垮；

例句

• He was overwhelmed by the death of his father. 他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极。
• Invading armies overwhelmed the town. 入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。
• A great wave overwhelmed the boat. 一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
• He tried to fight the sleepiness that overwhelmed him. 他努力地和阵阵袭来的倦意斗争着。
• The girl was overwhelmed with emotion and couldn't speak for a moment. 这女孩非常激动,一时说不出话来.
• He overwhelmed me with inquires. 他问许多问题使我困窘.
• She felt her face going red — "I'm sorry Rob, it's just that I'm, um, overwhelmed." 她感到自己的脸变红了——“对不起，罗布，我只是，呃，一时情绪失控。”
• If ( one was ) overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders. 当感情完全淹没理智时, 就可能铸成大错.
• Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise. 拥挤的人群和喧闹的噪音可能会让游客有些茫然不知所措。
• I get overwhelmed with deadlines and act like a madwoman on a crazy work bender. 我为交稿日期抓狂,活像一台工作机器上的疯婆子.

英语四级真题

For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
To avoid being overwhelmed by stress.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
Students are graduating with a variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves overwhelmed when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
They are overwhelmed by their own prejudices.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something;
  "a desk flooded with applications""felt inundated with work""too much overcome to notice""a man engulfed by fear""swamped by work"