| 单词 | overwhelm |
| 释义 | overwhelm (once / 219 pages) v Overwhelm means “give a person too much of something.” If your friend agrees to feed your pet fish while you’re on vacation, don’t overwhelm her with requests by also asking her to do your laundry and wash the dishes. While it’s easy to be overwhelmed by chores or complaints, it’s also possible to be overwhelmed by good things — if they occur in large quantities. You might enjoy a stack of pancakes for breakfast, but you'd probably find a truckload of pancakes overwhelming. Sometimes people feel overwhelmed by emotion, and this can be a positive or negative experience, depending on the emotion. For example, you might feel overwhelmed by gratitude if your friend takes excellent care of your fish, but overwhelmed with grief if the fish is accidentally flushed in your absence. WORD FAMILYoverwhelm: overwhelmed, overwhelming, overwhelms+/overwhelming: overwhelmingly USAGE EXAMPLESAfter a year at cozy Williams, the empty dorm felt cavernous and overwhelming to the Robinson family. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s amazing, overwhelming,” Long said afterward, wiping away tears. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) This was an overwhelming process that consumed her life, Grogan said, but she was determined to heal quickly. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Syn|Hypo|Hyper overcome, overpower, overtake, 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) 2v overcome by superior force Syn|Hypo|Hyper overmaster, overpower steamroll, steamroller overwhelm by using great force beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 3v charge someone with too many tasks Syn|Hyper deluge, flood out burden, charge, saddle impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to 4v cover completely or make imperceptible Syn|Hyper drown, submerge cover, spread over form a cover over |
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