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overwhelm

音標[,?uv?'hwelm] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 淹沒, 受打擊, 制服, 壓倒, 使不知所措
【法】 打翻, 傾覆, 覆蓋

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:overwhelmed 過去分詞:overwhelmed 現在分詞:overwhelming 第三人稱單數:overwhelms 

英文解釋：

動詞 overwhelm:

  1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    同義詞：overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
  2. charge someone with too many tasks
    同義詞：deluge, flood out
  3. cover completely or make imperceptible
    同義詞：submerge, drown
  4. overcome by superior force
    同義詞：overpower, overmaster

例句：

  1. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
    如果我不能以質量壓倒，我就一定要以數量壓倒。
  2. The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.
    這個村莊在洪水泛濫時被淹沒了。
  3. Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.
    你的好意使我感激難言。

詳細解釋：


o.ver.whelm

v.tr.（及物動詞）
o.ver.whelmed,o.ver.whelm.ing,o.ver.whelms
To surge over and submerge; engulf:
完全蓋過：漫過並淹沒；吞沒，席捲：
例句：
waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.
淹沒了多岩石的海岸的海浪

To defeat completely and decisively:
制服：徹底並決定性地擊敗：
例句：
Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.
我們隊以40分徹底擊敗了客隊

To affect deeply in mind or emotion:
控制：對思想或情緒影響深刻：
例句：
Despair overwhelmed me.
絕望控制了我

To present with an excessive amount:
過份給予：過於大量地給予：
例句：
They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.
他們給予我們大量的昂貴禮物

To turn over; upset:
使打翻，使傾倒；使傾翻：
例句：
The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.
小船被巨大的海浪打翻了

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