| 单词 | overwhelm |
| 释义 | overwhelm verbadverb | verb + overwhelm | preposition | phrases adverb➤absolutely, completely, totally绝对／彻底／完全压倒➤quite, rather颇为／相当难以承受▸➤almost, nearly几乎压倒▸➤suddenly突然压倒verb + overwhelm➤threaten to有压垮的危险◆deal with stress fast whenever it threatens to overwhelm you.感觉压力过大就要马上解决。preposition➤with以⋯压倒◆the children pressed around him eagerly, overwhelming him with questions.孩子们急切地将他团团围住，连珠炮似的问了他一大堆问题。phrases➤overwhelmed by sth被⋯压倒◆we were totally overwhelmed by the response to our appeal.人们纷纷响应我们的呼吁，令人感动莫名。➤absolutely overwhelmed, completely overwhelmed, totally overwhelmed完全被压倒◆she felt completely overwhelmed.她完全不知所措。➤a bit overwhelmed, a little overwhelmed有点儿被压倒➤almost overwhelmed, nearly overwhelmed几乎被压倒 overwhelm verboverwhelm ♦︎ swamp ♦︎ bombard ♦︎ flood ♦︎ inundatethese words all refer to things or problems that are so many or so great that sb cannot deal with them.这些词均表示使不堪承受、使应接不暇、使疲于应付。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆to overwhelm / swamp / bombard / flood / inundate sb / sth with sth◆to be swamped / bombarded / flooded / inundated with complaints / requests◆to be swamped / inundated with offers / enquiries◆to be bombarded / flooded / inundated with calls / letters◆to suddenly overwhelm / swamp sb■ overwhelm /əʊvəwelm; name oʊvərwelm/ [transitive] to be so bad or so great that sb cannot deal with it; to give sb more of sth than they want or can deal with压垮；使应接不暇◆the office was overwhelmed by the volume of work that was required.该办事处需要处理的事务之多令工作人员不胜负荷。◆she thinks she knows all the answers and always overwhelms me with advice.她认为自己无所不知，总是给我各种各样的忠告，令我难以招架。 ➡ see also overwhelming → uncontrollable ■ swamp /swɒmp; name swɑːmp/ [transitive, often passive] to be so great that sb cannot deal with it; to give sb more things than they can deal with使不堪承受；使疲于应付；使应接不暇◆this is a big task and i am finding myself swamped.这是个艰巨的任务，我觉得自己无法招架。◆radio stations have been swamped with requests to play the song.不断有人点播那首歌，令电台应接不暇。note 辨析 overwhelm or swamp?people are typically overwhelmed by the amount, number or volume of a thing; people are swamped by the things themselves－ complaints, requests, offers or enquiries. * overwhelm 一般指事物数量巨大，使人不堪应付，通常与 amount、number 或 volume 搭配； swamp 指事情本身，如 complaint、request、offer 或 enquiry，使人不堪承受、疲于应付。■ bombard /bɒmbɑːd; name bɑːmbɑːrd/ [transitive] to attack sb with a lot of questions or criticism, or by giving them too much information（向某人）大量提问，大肆抨击，提供过多信息◆the interviewer bombarded her with intimate questions.采访者连珠炮似地向她提出了许多涉及个人隐私的问题。◆we are bombarded daily with propaganda about what we should eat.我们每天都收到海量宣传，告诉我们应该吃什么。■ flood [transitive, usually passive] to send sth somewhere in large numbers大量送至；挤满；拥满◆the office was flooded with applications for the job.办公室堆满了应征那份工作的求职信。 ➡ see also flood → flood noun 2 ■ inundate /ɪnʌndeɪt/ [transitive, often passive] to give or send sb so many things that they cannot deal with them all使不胜负荷；使应接不暇◆we have been inundated with offers of help.来自各方的援助多得使我们应接不暇。overwhelm /əʊvəwelm; name oʊvərwelm/ [transitive] to be so bad or so great that sb cannot deal with it; to give sb more of sth than they want or can deal with压垮；使应接不暇◆the office was overwhelmed by the volume of work that was required.该办事处需要处理的事务之多令工作人员不胜负荷。◆she thinks she knows all the answers and always overwhelms me with advice.她认为自己无所不知，总是给我各种各样的忠告，令我难以招架。 ➡ see also overwhelming → uncontrollable overwhelm/ˌəʊvəˈwelm; us -ˈhwelm ||; ˌovɚˈhwɛlm/verb [t] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) 1. to cause sb to feel such a strong emotion that he/she does not know how to react 使受强烈感情冲击，以致不知所措: ◇the new world champion was overwhelmed by all the publicity. 新的世界冠军因受到大众注目而感到不知所措。 2. to be so powerful, big, etc, that sb cannot deal with it （因强大、巨大等而）无力应付: ◇he overwhelmed his opponent with his superb technique. 他以高超的技术击败了对手。◇the television company were overwhelmed by complaints. 电视公司接到无数投诉，简直应接不暇。 overwhelmsee ⇨ beat/defeat 3 o·ver·whelm /ˏovə`hwɛlm; ˌəʊvəˈwelm/v [t]if a feeling overwhelms you, you feel it very strongly 强烈地感到…:◇gary was overwhelmed with sadness. 盖利伤心万分。 |
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