及物動詞:淹沒、氾濫、制服、擊敗、使難以承受、使不知所措
常見搭配詞:
- be overwhelmed by / with something
被…壓得喘不過氣(不堪重負)
例句:Sarah felt overwhelmed by the amount of work she had to do for her history project.
莎拉被她的歷史企劃案需要做的大量工作給壓得喘不過氣來了(不堪重負)。 - be overwhelmed with (by) grief / excitement 一種情緒
悲痛欲絕 / 興奮不已
例句:Mary was overwhelmed with grief when her dog passed away and she cried for days.
當她的狗去世時,瑪麗悲痛欲絕,她哭了好幾天。 - be overwhelming
….難以抵擋、無法抗拒、非常巨大
例句:The heat was overwhelming.
酷熱難耐。
例句:
- The loud noise from the fireworks overwhelmed the baby and made her cry.
煙花發出的巨響淹沒了嬰兒,讓她哭了起來。 - The beauty of the sunset overwhelmed me and I felt grateful to be alive.
夕陽的美麗讓我感動不已,我為活著而感到慶幸。 - The team was overwhelmed by the opponent’s strong defense and couldn’t score any points.
那球隊在對方強悍的防守壓制下,一分也拿不下。 - The smell of freshly baked cookies overwhelmed the senses and made everyone’s mouth water.
新鮮出爐的餅乾的香味撲鼻而來,讓每個人都垂涎三尺。 - I was overwhelmed by a feeling of homesickness.
我突然好想家。 - The amount of information in the textbook overwhelmed the students and made it hard for them to study for the exam.
教科書中的內容太多,學生要準備考試,都不知從何讀起。 - The smell of the garbage overwhelmed the entire street and made everyone cover their noses.
垃圾的氣味瀰漫了整條街道,讓所有人都摀住了鼻子。 - The kindness of the stranger overwhelmed the homeless man and he thanked him with tears in his eyes.
陌生人的好意打動了流浪漢,他流著淚感謝。 - The joy of seeing her family after a long time overwhelmed Jane and she hugged them tightly.
久違見到家人的喜悅壓倒了簡,她緊緊地擁抱了他們。 - You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
一開始你可能會覺得有點不知所措。
同義詞:
- overpower 壓倒、克服 vt. 表示力量、影響或感情上超過或壓倒某人或某事物。
例句:The smell of the flowers was so strong that it overpowered everything else.
花的氣味非常濃烈,它壓倒了所有其他的味道。 - engulf 吞沒、覆蓋 vt. 表示完全覆蓋、圍繞或淹沒某人或某事物。
例句:The small boat was engulfed by the waves.
小船被巨浪吞沒。 - inundate 淹沒、氾濫 vt. 表示大量事物同時發生或到來,使某人或某事物無法應對。
例句:We’ve been inundated with complaints from unhappy customers.
我們收到了大量不滿的客戶的投訴。 - overcome 克服、戰勝 vt. 表示成功地處理或控制某種困難、問題或情感。
例句:He has managed to overcome his addiction to alcohol.
他成功地克服了對酒精的成癮。 - submerge 淹沒、浸泡 vt. 表示完全地將某人或某事物放入液體中,或被感情、問題等完全控制。
例句:He decided to submerge the dirty clothes in warm water.
他決定將髒衣服浸泡在溫水中。
衍生字:
- overwhelming 難以抵擋的、極大的 adj.
- overwhelmingly 壓倒性地、不可抵抗地 adv.
- underwhelming 不怎麼樣的、不受歡迎的 adj.