单词 | overwhelm |
释义 | overwhelm (oʊvəʳhwelm ) Word forms: overwhelms , overwhelming , overwhelmed 1. verb If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past. [be VERB-ed] The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her. [VERB noun] Synonyms: overcome, overpower, devastate [informal], stagger overwhelmed adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise. [+ by] 2. verb If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy. [VERB noun] Synonyms: destroy, beat, defeat, overcome 3. verb If an organization or service is overwhelmed, it is unable to cope with the demand for it. . Their greatest fear was that the health service could be overwhelmed. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: swamp, bury, flood, crush 4. uncountable noun Overwhelm is the fact or feeling of not being able to cope or deal with something. Even in the face of political overwhelm, let's not forget the fight at home. It feels liberating, in the midst of overwhelm, to make a list, even before you've completed a single item on it. Collocations: overwhelm an opponent Usually a player uses a move, or a series of offensive moves, to overwhelm the opponent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He serves mostly as a bodyguard and berserker-type fighter who tries to overwhelm his opponent through sheer brute force. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he flows, his teams often overwhelm opponents. Times, Sunday Times In this event, his trademark front-running overwhelmed opponents. ST Participants often use elbow strikes in conjunction with punches while in the full guard, half guard, side mount, or full mount in order to knock out or overwhelm the opponent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Going further, to criminalise, would simply create a culture of fear in which a cascade of tiny suspicions would overwhelm the system and obscure more well-founded concerns. Times, Sunday Times During storms, for example, high levels of rainfall (in excess of 6 mm per hour) in a short period of time can overwhelm the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But record numbers of students have overwhelmed the system with a million applications. The Sun Settlement by physical delivery of certificates worked adequately until the 1960s, when a sharp increase in trading volumes overwhelmed the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are little guys, simply overwhelmed by the task that faces them. Times, Sunday Times While most members may be overwhelmed by the task of missions, there are often a few in the church who catch a vision for missions and become totally devoted. Christianity Today At times, they seemed overwhelmed by their task. canada.com And yet their doctors and nurses have been completely overwhelmed by the demand. The Sun Soon, they were overwhelmed by the demand for places. Times, Sunday Times But he quickly became overwhelmed by the demands on his time. Times, Sunday Times Overwhelmed by the size of the gowns and sequins, she decided to have one made. Times, Sunday Times They have not been daunted or overwhelmed by the size of the challenge facing them. The Sun I am overwhelmed by the size of it. The Sun Police and public transport officials were overwhelmed by the size of the response, which gridlocked roads, buses, trains and ferries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many teachers are overwhelmed by the size of their classroom and feel that they could not accurately assess or monitor their students independent work in centers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 King marvelled at 'so much misdirected ingenuity', and was sometimes overwhelmed by the volume of her intelligence gathering. Times, Sunday Times So successful in fact that, overwhelmed by the volume of requests, he started faking the results. Times, Sunday Times Staff working in offices with high levels of sickness reported feeling overwhelmed by the volume of work they had to cover. Times, Sunday Times I spent a day trawling the site and ended up overwhelmed by the volume of documents and the grubbiness of what they reveal. Times, Sunday Times Wired telephone lines continued to work, although some systems were overwhelmed by the volume of traffic, and millions of home users had only cordless telephones depending on house current. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 使不知所措强烈地影响而 Japanese: 感極まらせる |
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