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Overpower Verb 动词   [V N Ed I Overpowered

英语单词 overpower
英美音标 英 [ˌəʊvə'paʊə(r)] 美 [ˌoʊvər'paʊər]
中文释义 v.压倒;制服;打败;使深深感动;给...提供过大的发动机
英语例句 (1) One justice can overpower a hundred evils.
(2) The criminals were easily overpowered by the police.
(3) He was overpowered by the heat.
(4) Human will can overpower natural forces.
(5) I figured the two of us could overpower him.
(6) Your kindness overpowers me.
中文例句 (1) 一正压百邪。
(2) 那些犯人被警察轻而易举地制服了。
(3) 他热得受不了了。
(4) 人定胜天。
(5) 我估计咱们两人能对付得了他。
(6) 你的深情厚意使我深受感动。
vocabulary简明 To overpower is to overcome with greater strength. In order to win an arm-wrestling match you must overpower your opponent.
vocabulary扩展 The word overpower is often used in situations where great force is used or required against some person or thing. One army might overpower another, or a mugger might overpower his victim. But delicate things, like the scent of a perfume, can also overpower you, especially if they're too strong. Our emotions can also overpower us: we cheer after a home run and swoon when it's love at first sight.
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1
[VERB 动词]制服 If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
  [V n]
  • It took ten guardsmen to overpower him...

    10名警卫一起才将他制服。

  • The rebels were overpowered and arrested.

    叛乱分子已被制服并拘捕起来。

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[VERB 动词](情感等)压倒,使难以承受 If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly.
  [V n]
  • A sudden dizziness overpowered him...

    他突然感到一阵眩晕。

  • I was so overpowered by my guilt and my shame that I was unable to speak.

    内疚和羞愧令我无地自容,难以启齿。

3
[VERB 动词](在体育比赛中)轻松战胜 In a sports match, when one team or player overpowers the other, they play much better than them and beat them easily.
  [V n]
  • Britain's tennis No 1 yesterday overpowered American Brian Garrow 7-6, 6-3.

    昨天,英国的头号网球选手以7比6和6比3轻取美国选手布赖恩·加罗。

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[VERB 动词](颜色、气味等)盖过,比…强烈得多 If something such as a colour or flavour overpowers another colour or flavour, it is so strong that it makes the second one less noticeable.
  [V n]
  • On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring.

    浅色太阳镜色彩柔和,皮肤白皙的人戴上不会与肤色形成强烈的反差。

  • Vegetables such as peppers can overpower the flavor of the stock.

    像甜椒这样的蔬菜会抢了原汤的味道。

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