<b>Overwhelming</b> (adjective) means "very strong, irresistible, or confusing." It is used when something affects someone strongly and they don't know how to react, or to describe something as "huge" or "crushing" in terms of quantity. The adverb form is <b>overwhelmingly</b>.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的 If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps...
如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从。
She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
她一心想再要一个孩子。
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Women of his own middle class found him overwhelmingly attractive.
同属中产阶级的女性觉得他的魅力令人难以抗拒。
...the overwhelmingly strange medieval city of Fès.
极为奇特的中世纪城市非斯
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（数量）巨大的，压倒性的 You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
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The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了。
The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May...
去年5月，该党在缅甸大选中获得了压倒性的胜利。
The vote was overwhelming — 283 in favour, and only twenty-nine against.
投票的结果是压倒性的——283票支持，只有29票反对。
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The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected calls to bring back the death penalty for murder...
下议院以压倒性的多数驳回了对谋杀罪恢复死刑判决的呼吁。
Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
虽然世易时移，但医学界依然是男性的天下。
Oxford
over·whelm·ing/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/adjectivevery great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react 巨大的；压倒性的；无法抗拒的◆The evidence against him was overwhelming.对他不利的证据确凿，无法抵赖。◆The overwhelming majorityof those present were in favour of the plan. 绝大多数与会者都赞同这个计划。◆an overwhelming sense ofloss 莫大的失落感◆She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.她恨不得要告诉他实情。◆You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.起初你可能觉得有些无法抗拒。▶over·whelm·ing·ly/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋli; NAmEˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋli/adverb◆They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.他们以压倒多数票反对这项提案。over·whelm·ing/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/over·whelm·ing·ly/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋli; NAmEˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋli/
1having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react: an overwhelming sense of guilt She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him. She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.2very large or greater, more important etc than any other: There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health. An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea. The proposal has been given overwhelming support. The British Air Force succeeded despite overwhelming odds against them.
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overwhelming
[ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ]
原型:overwhelming 是 overwhelm 的现在分词
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势不可挡的(64%)，无法抗拒的(18%)，压倒的(18%)
adj.压倒性的；势不可挡的
v.压倒；淹没（overwhelm的ing形式）；制服
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