| 正面 | 4851.overwhelm 英 [əʊvə'welm]美 [,ovɚ'wɛlm]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. whelm sth over sth. => overwhelm.2. 很多构成动词的over-xxx这种复合词，基本上可以认为或者很可能就是源于xxx over sth, xxx sth over sth这类xxx与over连用的短语或用法，而衍生、派生、导出的单一复合词，可以把这种现象看着语言的简化用法，或者基于此引申出新含义。3. 由于whelm本身含义为：淹没，覆盖，压倒；这里的over表示：above；由此表示压倒、覆盖在什么什么之上，直接引出对象。因此，这里的over不要把它简单地理解为加强，一方面太笼统、模糊，另一方面也不准确、也不怎么合适，还不利于区分whelm和overwhelm的区别。vt. 淹没；压倒；受打击；覆盖；压垮 例句： 1. After my lecture, the students began to overwhelm me with questions.讲课之后, 学生们开始问一系列问题,使我不知所措. overwhelm 淹没，使应接不暇over-,在上，超过，whelm,淹没。即使淹没，引申词义使应接不暇。 overwhelm (v.)early 14c., "to turn upside down, to overthrow," from over- + Middle English whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm). Meaning "to submerge completely" is mid-15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and overset, by a big wave. Figurative sense of "to bring to ruin" is attested from 1520s. Related: Overwhelmed; overwhelming; overwhelmingly." |