overwhelm
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əʊvə'welmˌəʊvə'welm]
- 美式音标 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈwelm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败
词根记忆
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹没，压倒)→在…上压倒→征服，制服
- over(在…上) + whelm(压倒)→压倒
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹没，压倒)→征服
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹没)→淹没；压倒
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹没)→压倒；淹没
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹没，压倒)→淹没；压倒
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- overwhelming：压倒性的；势不可挡的。
- adv性质的同根词
- overwhelmingly：压倒性地；不可抵抗地。
- v性质的同根词
- overwhelming：压倒；淹没（overwhelm的ing形式）；制服。
用法辨析
- 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。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- A great wave overwhelmed the boat.
一个巨浪吞没了那只小船。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- overwhelm quite 非常感激
- overwhelm by 以…压倒
- overwhelm with 被……压倒
- overwhelm majority 压倒大多数
- overwhelm m 淹没;压倒;征服;推翻
- to overwhelm 压倒
- overwhelm overwhelm 淹没;压倒
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
～+介词
短语
英英字典
- (FORCE) to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
- (EMOTION) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
- (WATER) If water overwhelms a place, it covers it suddenly and completely.
- If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
- overwhelmed
- If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
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专业释义
- 压倒
- 水泄不通