overwhelm的意思

基本释义

• v 压倒，淹没

  if water overwhelms an area of land, it covers it completely and suddenly

例句

1. But the various pros and cons should not blindly overwhelm one another.

   但是，众多的利弊得失不应盲目的一个压倒另一个。

2. We try not to think about it because it would overwhelm us to an extent that we would just vegetate.

   我们尽量不去想它，因为在某种我们能够想像到的程度上他会压倒我们。

3. For example, in a situation in which several bystanders need to band together to overwhelm a perpetrator, they will be more likely to act collectively than to act alone.

   例如, 就有这样一种情况， 在只有几个旁观者需要联合起来才能压倒一个罪犯的情况下, 他们就可能会更多地采取集体行动。

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