overwhelm
🇬🇧/ˌəʊvəˈwelm/ 🇺🇸/ˌoʊvərˈwelm/📚 4850 2六级考研托福雅思If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. (强烈地影响而) 使不知所措
verb [vt. 及物动词]（感情上）使受不了，使不知所措；使大吃一惊；压垮，使应接不暇；打败，击垮；<文> （水）漫过，淹没；压倒，制服
He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.
他陷入了一种对过去的渴望而不能自拔。
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- Lesson 47 Too high a price? overwhelm 动词: 制服，使不知所措
over(在…上) + whelm(淹没， 压倒) → 淹没； 压倒
单词造句:
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- There is this "detachment" and I realize that there are obviously experiences which would overwhelm everyone. 有了这种“超然”，我意识到显然有一些经历会压垮所有人。
v. 大水淹没某地
| be overwhelmed | with / by | grief / despair / excitement ... |
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In June the town is overwhelmed by tourists. I feel a little bit overwhelmed by work. Her beauty completely overwhelmed him. Government troops have overwhelmed the rebels. | ||