[ADJ 形容词]包罗万象的;影响一切的 You use overarching to indicate that you are talking about something that includes or affects everything or everyone.
[ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The overarching question seems to be what happens when the US pulls out?...
首要的问题看来在于美国撤军后事态将会如何。
Home ownership has been an overarching and innate desire of the British.
拥有私宅是所有英国人心中压倒一切和根深蒂固的强烈愿望。
Oxford
over·arch·ing/ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈɑːrtʃɪŋ/adjective[usually before noun ]( formal) very important, because it includes or influences many things 非常重要的;首要的;概莫能外的over·arch·ing/ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈɑːrtʃɪŋ/
LDC
overarchingo‧ver‧arch‧ing /ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈɑːr-/ adjective [only before noun]
Examples
including or influencing every part of something: The crisis gave an overarching justification to the government’s policy.
WDF
overarching
[ˌəʊvərˈɑ:tʃɪŋ]
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支配一切的(38%),首要的(25%),包罗万象的(25%),在头顶上方成拱形的(12%)
adj.首要的;支配一切的;包罗万象的
v.成拱形(overarch的ing形式)
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