overwhelmed

基本词汇

[ˌəuvəˈhwelmd]

vt.打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败

过去式: overwhelmed 过去分词: overwhelmed 现在分词: overwhelming 第三人称单数: overwhelms

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n.(名词)

v.(动词)

v.(动词)

vt. 覆盖,淹没 cover completely and usually suddenly
vt. 打败,压倒 defeat or make powerless (usually a group of people) by much greater force of numbers
vt. 使不知所措 make (sb) completely helpless, usually suddenly

1. [淹没]：协助被情绪淹没(overwhelmed)与烦乱的幸存者平静地适应当前环境. 当透过翻译员(translator)或口译员(interpreter)与个案沟通时,应目视你的对象并面朝其说话,而非朝著翻译员或口译员说.

2. 受宠若惊,简直不能相信：handler 训狗师 | overwhelmed 受宠若惊,简直不能相信 | awesome 太棒了,太难以置信了

3. 疲倦：overwork 加班 | overwhelmed 疲倦 | work like a horse 辛勤工作

4. 忙：portfolio 文件包 | overwhelmed 忙 | shagged 疲倦

用作动词(v.)

overwhelm sb by sth

Don't just win the match; overwhelm your opponents by about 20 goals to nil.

不只是要赢这场比赛,而且要以大约20∶0的比分压倒对方。

用作动词(v.)

A great wave overwhelmed the boat.
一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
Their mission was to seize the bridges and overwhelm the garrison.
他们的任务是夺取桥梁,击溃守敌。
That accident overwhelmed his career.
那起事故毁掉了他一生的事业。
Invading armies overwhelmed the town.
入侵的军队控制了这个城镇。
Sorrow overwhelmed the family.
全家人悲伤不已。
His kindness overwhelmed us.
他的好意使我们感到不安。

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

～+介词

They were overwhelmed by an avalanche.
出自：Climber
She was suddenly overwhelmed by an immense breaking sea.
出自：Journal of Navigation

v.(动词)

overwhelm的基本意思是“覆盖”“淹没”“泛滥”,其主语常指水; 引申则可表示“压倒”“击败”,这时其主语常是人群。 overwhelm 还可表示某人“…之极”“非常激动”“使不知所措”。
overwhelm是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语。