overwhelms

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwelmz]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwelmz]

v.  (感情或感觉)充溢，难以禁受; 压倒; 击败; 征服; 压垮; 使应接不暇
overwhelm的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （情感、事件等）使不知所措，使难以承受
  If youare overwhelmed bya feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  1. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...
     他一心渴望回到从前。
  2. 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。
• VERB 征服；制服；击败
  If a group of peopleoverwhelma place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• But, like the evangelist who has seen the light and wants to share it, they come on so strong that their zeal for their beliefs overwhelms you.
  但是，像能够看到光，并想要分享它的福音传道者一样，他们强烈的热诚可能会压制您的想法。
• The darkness that is often present in his films but never overwhelms them, emerges when he talks to Ms. Sunada about cursed dreams and he tells her: How do we know movies are even worthwhile?
  他的影片中经常出现黑暗，但黑暗从未压倒一切，然而在他与砂田麻美谈起被诅咒的梦想时，这种黑暗再度浮现出来，我们怎么知道这些电影是有价值的？
• They're considerably slower than a join on a relational database, but, as a result, it is much harder to create a query that overwhelms the data store.
  这要比关系数据库上的连接慢得多，因此很难创建一个让数据存储超负荷的查询。
• If it is to have any chance of competing as a global financial centre with other Asian cities, as India wants, it must act decisively before the tide of humanity overwhelms it.
  如果它希望像印度政府所希望的那样，有机会作为全球金融中心与其它亚洲城市竞争的话，就必须在被人潮淹没之前，果断地采取行动。
• Their ectoplasmic humour often overwhelms their sense of reason.
  他们的理智经常受到灵外质的侵蚀。
• The wind blows in gusts and all the foam overwhelms him.
  狂风在吼，无穷的浪花在向他猛扑。
• Tuning and configuring an IDS database can be a complex process that sometimes overwhelms new DBAs.
  对IDS数据库进行调优和配置是一个复杂的过程，有时候会让经验不足的DBA感到棘手。
• The body also removes and repairs some damaged macromolecules, but often the sheer volume of free radicals overwhelms the repair system.
  该机构还删除和修理一些损坏的大分子，但往往是庞大的自由基压垮修复系统。
• If this post overwhelms you, do not worry too much.
  如果这篇帖子吓到了您，不要太过担心。
• Spammers will often not be content to post one or two messages, but will often flood forums with their messages, until it overwhelms the desired subject matter.
  垃圾信息散布者通常都不会满足于只发布一两个消息，而是会向论坛狂发消息，直至垃圾消息淹没了本来的主题。