overwhelm

动词 overwhelm:

1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
   同义词：overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
2. charge someone with too many tasks
   同义词：deluge, flood out
3. cover completely or make imperceptible
   同义词：submerge, drown
4. overcome by superior force
   同义词：overpower, overmaster

1. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
   如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。
2. The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.
   这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。
3. Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.
   你的好意使我感激难言。

o.ver.whelm

v.tr.（及物动词）
o.ver.whelmed,o.ver.whelm.ing,o.ver.whelms
To surge over and submerge; engulf:
完全盖过：漫过并淹没；吞没，席卷：
例句：
waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.
淹没了多岩石的海岸的海浪

To defeat completely and decisively:
制服：彻底并决定性地击败：
例句：
Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.
我们队以40分彻底击败了客队

To affect deeply in mind or emotion:
控制：对思想或情绪影响深刻：
例句：
Despair overwhelmed me.
绝望控制了我

To present with an excessive amount:
过份给予：过于大量地给予：
例句：
They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.
他们给予我们大量的昂贵礼物

To turn over; upset:
使打翻，使倾倒；使倾翻：
例句：
The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.
小船被巨大的海浪打翻了