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

• As I gaze on your face, mystery overwhelms me; you who belong to all have become mine.
  当我凝视你的脸蛋儿的时候，神秘之感淹没了我；你这属于一切人的，竟成了我的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this dopamine overload also overwhelms the D2 receptors on the receiving cells, and those cells eventually react by reducing the number of D2 receptors.
  但是多巴胺负荷过度也会抑制细胞上的D2受体，这些细胞最终通过减少D2受体数量拮抗多巴胺的作用。
• Huawei can make similar pledges, but the whiff of the state in its background overwhelms its words.
  华为可以做出类似的承诺，但其背景中的政府身影压倒了它的表态。
• Stars are so much brighter than the planets which orbit them that their light overwhelms the small amount reflected from a planet's surface.
  恒星比以他们为轨道运行的行星亮得多。他们的光盖过了从行星表面上反射过来的少量光。
• It's a great moment of film which overwhelms the viewer with the idea of time.
  这是这部电影中最棒的一刻，让观众体会到时间的概念。
• The short-term profit expected from bigger clients overwhelms the decisions of the pesticide company.
  从大客户手中可能获得的短期利润是该厂作决定的主要影响因素。