overwhelming

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ]

adj.  巨大的; 压倒性的; 无法抗拒的
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的现在分词

CET6考研TEM8

Collins.3 / BNC.4523 / COCA.3571

牛津词典

adj.

• 巨大的；压倒性的；无法抗拒的
  very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react
  1. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
     对他不利的证据确凿，无法抵赖。
  2. The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan.
     绝大多数与会者都赞同这个计划。
  3. an overwhelming sense of loss
     莫大的失落感
  4. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.
     她恨不得要告诉他实情。
  5. You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
     起初你可能觉得它有些无法抗拒。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的
  If something isoverwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  1. 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。
  2. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
     她一心想再要一个孩子。
• ADJ-GRADED （数量）巨大的，压倒性的
  You can useoverwhelmingto emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

adj

• very intense
  1. politics is his consuming passion
  2. overwhelming joy
  Synonym:consuming
• so strong as to be irresistible
  1. an overpowering need for solitude
  2. the temptation to despair may become overwhelming
  3. an overwhelming majority
  Synonym:overpowering

双语例句

• The motion was passed by an overwhelming majority.
  提案以压倒多数通过。
• The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
  巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
• This is our challenge and our overwhelming responsibility.
  这就是我们的挑战，也是我们压倒一切的责任。
• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.
  洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The smell outside this building is overwhelming — like rotten eggs
  这栋大楼外面的气味让人无法忍受——就像臭鸡蛋的味道。
• We are exposed to an overwhelming number of chemical contaminants every day in our air, water and food.
  我们每天都会通过空气、水和食品接触到数量惊人的化学污染物。
• In the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism, the task seemed overwhelming.
  在强烈的反对和毫不留情的批评声中，这个任务似乎让人难以招架。
• They comprise the overwhelming majority of the white people.
  他们构成了白人中的压倒性多数。
• The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
  这些数据表明人类经受了如此深重的苦难，对此人们都不愿想起。
• When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt
  当你的孩子在挣扎求生时，你会感到非常内疚。