overwhelm
verb [often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overwhelm | |
| he / she / it overwhelms | |
| past simple overwhelmed | |
| past participle overwhelmed | |
| -ing form overwhelming |
- overwhelm somebody
to have such a strong emotional effect on somebody that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react （感情或感覺）充溢，難以承受 She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt. 她感到愧疚難當。 The beauty of the landscape overwhelmed me. 秀麗的風光令我深深地陶醉。
Extra ExamplesShe felt completely overwhelmed. 她完全不知所措。 We were totally overwhelmed by the response to our appeal. 人們紛紛響應我們的呼籲，令人感動莫名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- absolutely
- completely
- totally
- …
- threaten to
- with
- overwhelmed by something
- absolutely overwhelmed
- completely overwhelmed
- …
- overwhelm somebody
to defeat somebody completely 壓倒；擊敗；征服 The army was overwhelmed by the rebels. 軍隊被叛亂者完全擊敗了。 He totally overwhelmed the Spaniard, 6–2, 6–3,6–2, in the final. 他在決賽中以6-2，6-3，6-2徹底擊敗了西班牙人。
- overwhelm somebody
to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person 壓垮；使應接不暇 Extra ExamplesThe children pressed around him eagerly, overwhelming him with questions. 孩子們急切地將他團團圍住，連珠炮似的問了他一大堆問題。 She thinks she knows all the answers and always overwhelms me with advice. 她認爲自己無所不知，總是給我各種各樣的忠告，令我難以招架。 The office was overwhelmed by the volume of work that was required. 該辦事處需要處理的事務之多令工作人員不勝負荷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- absolutely
- completely
- totally
- …
- threaten to
- with
- overwhelmed by something
- absolutely overwhelmed
- completely overwhelmed
- …
- overwhelm somebody/something (literary)
(of water 水 to cover somebody/something completely 淹沒；漫過 The wave broke through the wall and overwhelmed the town. 海浪沖破了城牆，淹沒了整個城鎮。