单词 | overcome |
释义 | overcome (once / 166 pages) v Use the verb overcome when you talk about someone who has triumphed over adversity. It's great to see a friend who's always struggled in school overcome his learning disabilities and make the honor roll. You can also be overcome with emotions, or overwhelmed by your feelings. Many people feel so overcome with sadness at a movie — or happiness at a wedding — that they regret not bringing a pile of tissues with them. The verb overcome also means to win or surpass. If you are going to win the marathon, you are going to have to overcome the five runners still ahead of you. WORD FAMILYovercome: overcame, overcomer, overcomes, overcoming+/overcomer: overcomers USAGE EXAMPLESThat won’t be enough for them to overcome their quarterback issues later in the playoffs. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “I’m interested in military topics, masculine hobbies, hard, tough, extreme things, things that require you to overcome physical discomfort,” he said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) To overcome those challenges, the new community plan focuses on the trolley line, particularly the Beyer Boulevard Station one stop north of the border. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v win a victory over You must overcome all difficulties He overcame his shyness He overcame his infirmity Syn|Hypo defeat, get the better of demolish, destroy defeat soundly beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquishcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict wallopdefeat soundly and utterly downbring down or defeat (an opponent) overrunseize the position of and defeat lurch, skunkdefeat by a lurch expel, rout, rout outcause to flee upsetdefeat suddenly and unexpectedly nosedefeat by a narrow margin conquerovercome by conquest come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survivecontinue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) smashoverthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) swallowengulf and destroy cut to ribbonsdefeat totally outpoint, outscorescore more points than one's opponents walk overbeat easily eliminateremove from a contest or race mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worstdefeat thoroughly whompbeat overwhelmingly get the best, have the bestovercome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagledefeat disastrously get the jumpbe there first cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaftdefeat someone through trickery or deceit exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpassbe or do something to a greater degree get over, master, subdue, surmountget on top of; deal with successfully best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trumpget the better of outfightto fight better than; get the better of overmaster, overpower, overwhelmovercome by superior force checkmate, mateplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game immobilise, immobilizemake defenseless outplayexcel or defeat in a game bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrashbeat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight 2v get on top of; deal with successfully He overcame his shyness Syn|Hypo|Hyper get over, master, subdue, surmount bulldog throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 3v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Syn|Hypo|Hyper overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm devastate overwhelm or overpower clutch, get hold of, seizeaffect killoverwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration benightovertake with darkness or night knock outoverwhelm with admiration staggerastound or overwhelm, as with shock lockhold fast (in a certain state) arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 4v overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome Syn|Hyper get the best, have the best beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
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