overwhelm

[.əuvə'welm]

vt.打击, 压倒, 使感动, 淹没, 打败

例句与用法:

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

如果我不能以质量压倒,我就一定要以数量压倒。

The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.

这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。

Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.

你的好意使我感激难言。

词形变化:

动词过去式: overwhelmed | 动词过去分词: overwhelmed | 动词现在分词: overwhelming | 动词第三人称单数: overwhelms |

详细释义:

vt.

1. 战胜; 征服; 压倒

The defense was overwhelmed by superior numbers.

防守被优势的兵力摧垮了。

2. 覆盖; 淹没

The village was overwhelmed by ash from the volcano.

村子被火山灰覆盖。

3. 使受不了; 使不知所措[H][(+by/with)]

I was overwhelmed by his generosity.

他的慷慨令我感激难言。