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overwhelm是什么意思

2024-01-28 22:57:17
overwhelm
美[ˌoʊvərwelm]  英[ˌəʊvəwelm]
vt.  打击;压倒;使感动;淹没;打败
  过去式:overwhelmed  过去分词:overwhelmed  现在分词:overwhelming  第三人称单数:overwhelms
  近义词:overcome,crush,overpower,engulf,surprise,devastate,flabbergast,beat,rout,astonish,startle,overthrow,defeat,annihilate,surmount,conquer,astound,amaze,vanquish,bewilder,dumbfound,deluge,overtake,stun,oppress,shower,swamp,upset,transport,sweepover,submerge,floodout,overmaster,whelm,drown,

详细释义

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

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

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

组词搭配

~+副词
  1. overwhelm quite非常感激
~+介词
  1. overwhelm by以…压倒…
  2. overwhelm with使某人对…措手不及

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. Europes 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。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    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”。 overwhelm是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语。