| 单词 | overcome |
| 释义 | overcome (oʊvəʳkʌm ) Word forms: overcomes , overcoming , overcame language note: The form overcome is used in the present tense and is also the past participle. 1. verb B2 If you overcome a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it. Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying. [VERB noun] Find a way to overcome your difficulties. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you are overcome by a feeling or event, it is so strong or has such a strong effect that you cannot think clearly. The night before the test I was overcome by fear and despair. [be VERB-ed] A dizziness overcame him, blurring his vision. [VERB noun] 3. verb [usually passive] If you are overcome by smoke or a poisonous gas, you become very ill or die from breathing it in. The residents were trying to escape from the fire but were overcome by smoke. [be VERB-ed] Collocations: overcome a perception Was it a flintily calculated ploy to overcome the perception of him as an emotional dinosaur? Times, Sunday Times She regretted she could not command sufficient confidence to overcome a perception of bias. Times, Sunday Times His work sought to overcome the perception propagated in the 1960s that learning two languages made for two competing aims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the days afterwards, he sought out coaches past and present to help him to overcome the setback. Times, Sunday Times The team was never to overcome this setback. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nevertheless, the flow rate of the feed can be monitored to overcome this setback. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He overcame this setback to devote himself to his art and sport, the later an important part of his rehabilitation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once you've overcome the shock of starting it off in a saucepan, it's very straightforward. Times, Sunday Times The polytechnic has set up a psychological unit to help students to overcome their shock. Times, Sunday Times So how will he feel when she overcomes the shock of seeing him and takes him in her arms once again? The Sun But many surgeons had it in their heads that pain was a necessary prologue to recovery, the way in which the body dealt with overcoming the shock of an operation. Times, Sunday Times The advance could eventually overcome the shortage of donor organs for patients, currently waiting six months. Times, Sunday Times In the 1980s farmers invested in harvesting and planting machinery to overcome the shortage of labor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The statute sought to overcome this shortage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only recently have former presidents overcome the stigma of generating cash from their reputations. Times, Sunday Times He chose to speak out about his depression to overcome the stigma associated with it and to urge others to seek help. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Educators need to help overcome the stigma of poverty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He asks them about overcoming the stigma many people feel about going for counselling. Times, Sunday Times He overcomes the temptation to answer back, to act like a 'superstar'. Times, Sunday Times When a minister feels like a hero at home, it's a significant factor in overcoming the temptations of the flesh. Christianity Today Few in its fold overcome the temptations of self-regard. Christianity Today While his friends are enjoying themselves, he overcomes his temptation and goes to a hardware shop to buy a chimta (pair of tongs). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said that she would swim with a mask to cover her nose, and with a psychologist at the edge of the pool to help her to overcome the trauma. Times, Sunday Times He later said that it took him years to overcome the trauma of what he saw. Times, Sunday Times Trauma specialists are able to assist the victim in identifying the issue and brainstorming ways to overcome the trauma. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The man had to undertake counseling to overcome the trauma of the incident. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some returnees never overcame the trauma of imprisonment, while others adapted smoothly to life in the 'big zone'. The Times Literary Supplement To overcome this weakness, several groups have suggested iterative schemes that depend on the atomic charge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They struggle to overcome their weaknesses, defects, and sins. Times, Sunday Times How much effort should people make to overcome the weaknesses of their personality type? Christianity Today Researchers have devised a mathematical formula for procrastinators to work out just how much chance they have of overcoming their weakness. Times, Sunday Times Later streetfighters used custom-built frames intended to overcome the weakness of the tubular steel frames of the early 4-cylinder superbikes of the 1970s and '80s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Market forces alone will not overcome poverty traps. Times, Sunday Times Deeper reform was felt to be essential if aid was to demonstrate its true potential in the effort to overcome poverty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bad luck, poverty traps, and corrupt governments plague individual efforts to overcome poverty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Overcoming poverty requires that person's direct involvement in the decision-making process. Christianity Today A society built on faith and virtue and spiritual values that overcomes poverty by a fair distribution of wealth, opportunity and resources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sensitivity to people's anxiety as well as a clear understanding of the gospel will be needed to overcome resistance to ministry of this kind. Christianity Today Ministers hope that the discounts will overcome resistance among drivers to a device that could check on their movements. Times, Sunday Times Local communities need to be offered incentives to overcome resistance to the exploitation of what could prove a very valuable national resource. Times, Sunday Times New inhibitors include dasatinib and nilotinib, which are significantly more potent than imatinib and may overcome resistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also had to overcome resistance in the military and among party members. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their advice will help you overcome shyness and find the right things to say to cope with tricky situations. The Sun Gradually, though, the former farmer has overcome shyness and suspicion to allow his instinctive talents a wider audience. Times, Sunday Times To overcome shyness stop thinking about yourself and your fears. The Sun I'm sending my leaflets on finding good counselling and overcoming shyness. The Sun I'm sending you my leaflets about overcoming shyness and building a social life to get you started. The Sun Any student of the subject must overcome the lack of documentary evidence and the destruction of many of the sculptures themselves, with others surviving in a poor state of preservation. Times, Sunday Times This helps them overcome the lack of support at home. Times, Sunday Times It was intended to overcome the lack of coordination between existing agencies which, in part, it did by duplicating some of their functions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout the series, the two help her to overcome her lack of confidence and believe in herself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This framework offers a way to overcome the lack of interoperability between the many video codecs deployed in the market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 战胜 Japanese: 克服する |
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