overwhelms是什么意思？

overwhelms

• v. 淹没( overwhelm的第三人称单数 )，压倒，覆盖，压垮；

例句

• The wind blows in gusts and all the foam overwhelms him. 狂风在吼,无穷的浪花在向他猛扑.
• Your kindness quite overwhelms me. 你的好意使我感激难言.
• Viscosity overwhelms the smallest eddies and converts their energy into heat. 粘性制服了最小的旋涡而将其能量转换为热.

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.
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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。