overwhelmingly是什么意思？

overwhelmingly

英[ˌəʊvə'welmɪŋlɪ] 美[ˌovɚˈhwɛlmɪŋlɪ]

• adv. 压倒地，无法抵抗地；

形容词：overwhelming;

例句

• They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal. 他们以压倒多数票否决了该提案。
• Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves. 盖茨比深切地体会到财富怎样禁锢和保存着青春与神秘.
• The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative. 来自海外的消息特别不容乐观。
• Women of his own middle class found him overwhelmingly attractive. 同属中产阶级的女性觉得他的魅力令人难以抗拒。
• It found that, overwhelmingly, all prefer the loveable fool over the incompetent jerk. 文章发现, 绝大多数人都喜欢可爱的傻瓜,而不是无能的怪人.
• Mason had been overwhelmingly elected to the judgeship which he had so craved. 梅森以压倒的票数当选他梦寐以求的法官.
• The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction. 当地经济过于依赖石油和天然气的开采。
• Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male. 虽然世易时移，但医学界依然是男性的天下。
• The rebels came overwhelmingly from the poorest strata of rural society. 叛乱分子绝大多数来自农村的最贫困阶层。
• ...owing to the slow tempo of change in an overwhelmingly rural country... 由于以农业占绝对主导地位的国家变革速度缓慢

英语六级真题

The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad.
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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

• adv.
  压倒地;无法抵抗地
  They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal. 他们以压倒多数票否决了该提案。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. incapable of being resisted;
  "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"