overwhelming是什么意思？

overwhelming

英[ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ] 美[ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ]

• adj. 势不可挡的，压倒一切的，巨大的，压倒一切的欢乐；

副词：overwhelmingly;

例句

• An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform. 绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。
• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned. 洪水来势凶猛, 很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority. 该法案以压倒多数通过。
• In the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism, the task seemed overwhelming. 在强烈的反对和毫不留情的批评声中，这个任务似乎让人难以招架。
• The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months. 绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了。
• The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out. 这些数据表明人类经受了如此深重的苦难，对此人们都不愿想起。
• The scenic splendors of the Rocky Mountains are overwhelming. 落基山脉的壮丽景色使人赞叹不已.
• The chemical floods the synapse, overwhelming the serotonin receptors. 这种化学物质湮没了突触, 覆盖了5—羟色胺的受体.
• The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger. 最强烈的感觉就是深深的震惊和愤怒。
• The smell outside this building is overwhelming — like rotten eggs. 这栋大楼外面的气味让人无法忍受——就像臭鸡蛋的味道。

英语六级真题

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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的
  If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  例句
  The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps... 如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从。 She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child. 她一心想再要一个孩子。
• ADJ-GRADED
  （数量）巨大的，压倒性的
  You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
  例句
  The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months... 绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了。 The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May... 去年5月，该党在缅甸大选中获得了压倒性的胜利。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  势不可挡的, 压倒一切的; 巨大的, 压倒性的；无法抗拒的
  The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority. 该法案以压倒多数通过。 The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned. 洪水来势凶猛, 很快这个城市就被淹没了。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. so strong as to be irresistible;
  "an overpowering need for solitude""the temptation to despair may become overwhelming""an overwhelming majority"
  2. very intense;
  "politics is his consuming passion""overwhelming joy"