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overwhelm【overwhelm】overwhelm是英语单词，大学英语等级考试四级高频辞彙，意思是打击；压倒；使感动；淹没；打败 。
基本介绍中文名：覆盖;淹没
外文名：overwhelm
英式音标：???v??welm
美式音标：?o?v?r?welm
词典解释及物动词vt.1.战胜;征服;压倒The defense was overwhelmed by superior numbers.
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房屋被洪水淹没了防守被优势的兵力摧垮了 。2.覆盖;淹没The village was overwhelmedby 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 overwhelmedby his generosity.他的慷慨令我感激难言 。例句用作及物动词 (vt.)
- 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 。
Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.你的好意使我感激难言 。
The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了 。
Europe's golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans.欧洲的高尔夫运动员以压倒性的优势击败了美国对手 。
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樑,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 。
The enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.敌军被优越之兵击溃 。
He was overwhelmed by the death of his father.他为父亲的去世而悲痛至极 。