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overwhelm vt.打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败 (1) 困难压不倒我们。(2) 如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。(3) 你的好意使我感激难言。(4) 这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。(5) 欧洲的高尔夫运动员以压倒性的优势击败了美国对手。 While it’s easy to be overwhelmed by chores or complaints, it’s also possible to be overwhelmed by good things — if they occur in large quantities. You might enjoy a stack of pancakes for breakfast, but you'd probably find a truckload of pancakes overwhelming. Sometimes people feel overwhelmed by emotion, and this can be a positive or negative experience, depending on the emotion. For example, you might feel overwhelmed by gratitude if your friend takes excellent care of your fish, but overwhelmed with grief if the fish is accidentally flushed in your absence.

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英 [ˌəʊvə'welm] 美 [ˌoʊvər'welm] (1) No difficulty can overwhelm us.(2) If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.(3) Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.(4) The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.(5) Europe's golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans. Overwhelm means “give a person too much of something.” If your friend agrees to feed your pet fish while you’re on vacation, don’t overwhelm her with requests by also asking her to do your laundry and wash the dishes. 1[VERB 动词]（情感、事件等）使不知所措，使难以承受 If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.   [be V-ed]  [V n]He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...他一心渴望回到从前。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。overwhelmedSightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.拥挤的人群和喧闹的噪音可能会让游客有些茫然不知所措。2[VERB 动词]征服；制服；击败 If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.   [V n]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。

英语单词	overwhelm
英美音标	英 [ˌəʊvə'welm] 美 [ˌoʊvər'welm]
中文释义	vt.打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败
英语例句	(1) No difficulty can overwhelm us. (2) If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity. (3) Your kindness quite overwhelmed me. (4) The village was overwhelmed when the floods came. (5) Europe's golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans.
中文例句	(1) 困难压不倒我们。 (2) 如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。 (3) 你的好意使我感激难言。 (4) 这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。 (5) 欧洲的高尔夫运动员以压倒性的优势击败了美国对手。
vocabulary简明	Overwhelm means “give a person too much of something.” If your friend agrees to feed your pet fish while you’re on vacation, don’t overwhelm her with requests by also asking her to do your laundry and wash the dishes.
vocabulary扩展	While it’s easy to be overwhelmed by chores or complaints, it’s also possible to be overwhelmed by good things — if they occur in large quantities. You might enjoy a stack of pancakes for breakfast, but you'd probably find a truckload of pancakes overwhelming. Sometimes people feel overwhelmed by emotion, and this can be a positive or negative experience, depending on the emotion. For example, you might feel overwhelmed by gratitude if your friend takes excellent care of your fish, but overwhelmed with grief if the fish is accidentally flushed in your absence.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（情感、事件等）使不知所措，使难以承受 If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. [be V-ed] [V n] He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past... 他一心渴望回到从前。 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。 overwhelmed Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise. 拥挤的人群和喧闹的噪音可能会让游客有些茫然不知所措。 2 [VERB 动词]征服；制服；击败 If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them. [V n] 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。

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