overwhelm

英 [ˌəʊvə'welm] 美 [ˌoʊvər'welm]

• vt. 打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 覆盖,淹没

   cover completely and usually suddenly

2. vt. 打败,压倒

   defeat or make powerless (usually a group of people) by much greater force of numbers

3. vt. 使不知所措

   make (sb) completely helpless, usually suddenly

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 压倒，制服

v. 动词

1. 淹没；覆盖
2. 压倒，战胜，压服，征服，摧毁，打败
3. 使不知所措；使受不了
4. 使十分感动
5. 使不好意思
6. （使）应接不暇，（使）目不暇接
7. 晕头转向
8. 困窘
9. 累垮
10. 充溢；漫过

英英释义

Verb:

1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

2. charge someone with too many tasks

3. cover completely or make imperceptible;

   "I was drowned in work"
   "The noise drowned out her speech"
   

4. overcome by superior force

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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7. The enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.
   敌军被优越之兵击溃。
8. He was overwhelmed by the death of his father.
   他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极。

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

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

overwhelm by (v.+prep.)

以…压倒… defeat or make powerless by sth
overwhelm 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

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. overwhelm的基本意思是“覆盖”“淹没”“泛滥”,其主语常指水; 引申则可表示“压倒”“击败”,这时其主语常是人群。 overwhelm 还可表示某人“…之极”“非常激动”“使不知所措”。
2. overwhelm是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• overcome 战胜
• crush 压碎
• overpower 压倒
• engulf 吞没
• surprise 惊奇
• devastate 毁坏
• flabbergast 使大吃一惊
• beat 打
• rout 彻底溃败
• astonish 使惊讶
• startle （使）吃惊
• overthrow 推翻
• defeat 挫败
• annihilate 消灭
• surmount 克服
• conquer 征服
• astound 使惊骇
• amaze 使吃惊
• vanquish 征服
• bewilder 使迷惑
• dumbfound 使 ... 惊呆
• deluge 大洪水
• overtake 赶上
• stun 使震惊
• oppress 使烦恼
• shower 淋浴
• swamp 沼泽
• upset 心烦的
• transport 运输
• sweep over 环视四周
• submerge 使浸没
• flood out 背井离乡
• overmaster 压倒
• whelm 用 ... 覆盖
• drown 淹死