音标:[,əʊvə'welmd] ;
v. 淹没( overwhelm的过去式和过去分词 ); 压倒; 覆盖; 压垮
v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
v charge someone with too many tasks
v cover completely or make imperceptible
v overcome by superior force

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overwhelm的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. No difficulty can overwhelm us.困难压不倒我们。
  2. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.如果我不能以质量压倒,我就一定要以数量压倒。
  3. Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.你的好意使我感激难言。
  4. The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。
  5. Europe's golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans.欧洲的高尔夫运动员以压倒性的优势击败了美国对手。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. A great wave overwhelmed the boat.一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
  2. Their mission was to seize the bridges and overwhelm the garrison.他们的任务是夺取桥梁,击溃守敌。
  3. That accident overwhelmed his career.那起事故毁掉了他一生的事业。
  4. Invading armies overwhelmed the town.入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。
  5. Sorrow overwhelmed the family.全家人悲伤不已。
  6. His kindness overwhelmed us.他的好意使我们感到不安。
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  8. The enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.敌军被优越之兵击溃。
  9. He was overwhelmed by the death of his father.他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
overwhelm by (v.+prep.)
    以…压倒… defeat or make powerless by sthoverwhelm sb by sth

    Don't just win the match; overwhelm your opponents by about 20 goals to nil.

    不只是要赢这场比赛,而且要以大约20∶0的比分压倒对方。

overwhelm with (v.+prep.)
    由于…使某人对…不知所措 make sb completely helpless for sth

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • overwhelm quite非常感激
~+介词
  • overwhelm by以…压倒…
  • overwhelm with使某人对…措手不及

经典引文

  • They were overwhelmed by an avalanche.

    出自:Climber
  • She was suddenly overwhelmed by an immense breaking sea.

    出自:Journal of Navigation
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