overwhelms

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwelmz]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwelmz]

v.  (感情或感觉)充溢，难以禁受; 压倒; 击败; 征服; 压垮; 使应接不暇
overwhelm的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （情感、事件等）使不知所措，使难以承受
  If youare overwhelmed bya feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  1. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...
     他一心渴望回到从前。
  2. The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.
     她迫不及待地要找个人说说话，随便是谁都行。
• VERB 征服；制服；击败
  If a group of peopleoverwhelma place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
  1. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
     毫无疑问，盟军一次大规模的进攻就会击溃已是强弩之末的敌军。

双语例句

• This encompassing need that overwhelms me.
  这包括需要压倒我。
• Lavish and exotic, the Maserati overwhelms the senses in the way you remember Claudia Cardinale or Gina Lollobrigida.
  这款玛莎拉蒂轿车既奢华又别具异域风情，给人的感觉就像好莱坞女星克劳迪娅•卡汀娜或吉娜•劳洛勃丽吉达，以万种的风情压倒你的感官。
• Their ectoplasmic humour often overwhelms their sense of reason.
  他们的理智经常受到灵外质的侵蚀。
• As a consequence, terror overwhelms the person to the point of making irrational choices and non-typical behavior.
  结果，可怕的感觉占据了那个人，以至于他会做出无理性的选择和非正常的行为。
• Unfortunately, the clear and present social pressure often overwhelms the long-term benefits of organizing the company properly.
  然而不幸的是，当前清晰可见的社会压力往往淹没了正确组织公司所带来的长期好处。
• It's a great moment of film which overwhelms the viewer with the idea of time.
  这是这部电影中最棒的一刻，让观众体会到时间的概念。
• The short-term profit expected from bigger clients overwhelms the decisions of the pesticide company.
  从大客户手中可能获得的短期利润是该厂作决定的主要影响因素。
• Spammers will often not be content to post one or two messages, but will often flood forums with their messages, until it overwhelms the desired subject matter.
  垃圾信息散布者通常都不会满足于只发布一两个消息，而是会向论坛狂发消息，直至垃圾消息淹没了本来的主题。
• The darkness that is often present in his films but never overwhelms them, emerges when he talks to Ms. Sunada about cursed dreams and he tells her: How do we know movies are even worthwhile?
  他的影片中经常出现黑暗，但黑暗从未压倒一切，然而在他与砂田麻美谈起被诅咒的梦想时，这种黑暗再度浮现出来，我们怎么知道这些电影是有价值的？
• In some souls, the discordant note becomes harsher and harsher and finally overwhelms or submerges the main melody.
  在某些心中，反面谐音会越来越忤耳，最终公然能覆盖主曲；