解释
- vt. 淹没；压倒；受打击；覆盖；压垮
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中文词源
overwhelm 淹没，使应接不暇
over-,在上，超过，whelm,淹没。即使淹没，引申词义使应接不暇。
英文词源
- overwhelm (v.)
- early 14c., "to turn upside down, to overthrow," from over- + Middle English whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm). Meaning "to submerge completely" is mid-15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and overset, by a big wave. Figurative sense of "to bring to ruin" is attested from 1520s. Related: Overwhelmed; overwhelming; overwhelmingly.
例句和用法
- 1. After my lecture, the students began to overwhelm me with questions.
- 讲课之后, 学生们开始问一系列问题,使我不知所措.
- 2. No difficulty can overwhelm us.
- 困难压不倒我们.
- 3. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
- 毫无疑问，盟军一次大规模的进攻就会击溃已是强弩之末的敌军。
- 4. 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.
- 5. The raider, cornered at length, will overwhelm one weak vessel and escape.
- 袭击舰即便最后被它们团团围住, 它也会摧毁其中一艘较弱的巡洋舰, 突围而出.
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