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

• 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 wind blows in gusts and all the foam overwhelms him.
  狂风在吼，无穷的浪花在向他猛扑。
• 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。
• Viscosity overwhelms the smallest eddies and converts their energy into heat.
  粘性制服了最小的旋涡而将其能量转换为热。
• The sheen of her black feathers overwhelms the shine of the moon.
  她黑色羽毛的光泽压倒了月亮的光辉。
• 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 both cases, the context overwhelms our ability to recognize individual achievement.
  在这两种情况下，大环境支配我们认可个人成就的能力。
• The body also removes and repairs some damaged macromolecules, but often the sheer volume of free radicals overwhelms the repair system.
  该机构还删除和修理一些损坏的大分子，但往往是庞大的自由基压垮修复系统。
• He says now both men have a limited amount of time to show progress before the violence in Gaza overwhelms the fragile peace process begun last year at the Annapolis conference.
  他说，在加沙的暴力摧毁去年安纳波利斯会议开始的脆弱和平进程之前，他们两人只有有限的时间来取得进展。
• 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；