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英语单词 overwhelming
英美音标 英 [ˌəʊvə'welmɪŋ] 美 [ˌoʊvər'welmɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.势不可挡的;压倒的;无法抗拒的
英语例句 (1) He bounced back by winning an overwhelming election victory.
(2) The scenic splendors of the Rocky Mountains are overwhelming.
(3) Our football team has won an overwhelming victory.
(4) The general effect of the painting is overwhelming.
(5) Grant was reelected by an overwhelming margin.
(6) You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
中文例句 (1) 他通过赢得一次势不可挡的选举胜利迅速恢复了过来。
(2) 落基山脉的壮丽景色使人赞叹不已。
(3) 我们的足球队取得了压倒性的胜利。
(4) 这幅画给人总的印象是很有气势。
(5) 结果格兰特以压倒的多数选票获胜而蝉联总统。
(6) 起初你可能觉得它有些无法抗拒。
vocabulary简明 Something overwhelming is very intense and hard to deal with: overwhelming events make people worried and stressed out.
vocabulary扩展 It's hard to overcome overwhelming things. If you feel an overwhelming need to laugh, you're probably going to laugh. If you have an overwhelming feeling of sadness, you'll probably cry. An overwhelming amount of homework is almost impossible to get done. Adults who work, have families, and struggle to pay the bills feel like their lives are overwhelming. A tornado or hurricane is an overwhelming force of nature. When something is overwhelming, there's not much you can do against it.
柯林斯解释
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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]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。

overwhelmingly
  • 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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [emphasis]
  • 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。

overwhelmingly
  • 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。

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