overwhelm

/ˌəʊvəˈwelm/ v.
标准词条 CET-6IELTS
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使不知所措；压倒；彻底击败

释义与例句

v. 使不知所措；压倒；彻底击败
to affect someone so strongly that they cannot deal with it, or to defeat someone completely
  1. The amount of information overwhelmed many first-year students.
    海量的信息使许多一年级学生不知所措。
  2. She was overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers.
    陌生人的善意让她深受感动，难以自持。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The defending army was overwhelmed by a much larger force.
    守军被一支规模大得多的部队彻底击败。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • overwhelming 压倒性的；难以抗拒的
    形容词，可描述强烈得难以应对的感觉，也可指数量、支持或胜利占绝对优势。
  • overwhelmingly 压倒性地；绝大多数地
    副词，常用于表示绝大多数人持同一意见或某事占明显优势。
同义词
  • overpower 制服；压过；使难以承受
    overwhelm 可指情绪、任务或数量使人无法应对，也可指彻底击败；overpower 更强调以更强的力量制服某人，或气味、声音等强过其他感觉。
    The security guards managed to overpower the attacker. 保安成功制服了袭击者。
常见搭配
  • be overwhelmed by 被……压倒；对……不知所措
    He was overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge. 挑战之大让他感到不知所措。
  • overwhelm with information 用过多信息使不知所措
    New employees should not be overwhelmed with information on their first day. 新员工入职第一天不应被过多信息弄得不知所措。