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(不知所措) - be overwhelmed with (by) grief / excitement 一種情緒
悲痛欲絕 / 興奮不已 - be overwhelming
….難以抵擋、無法抗拒、非常巨大
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 - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - The heat was overwhelming.
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同義詞：
- overpower 制服、征服 vt. 比某人或某物擁有更多的力量、力量或影響力，因此能夠控製或擊敗他們(用來描述無法克服障礙或挑戰的身體或情緒狀況)
- submerge 淹沒、掩蓋 vt. 淹沒：完全覆蓋或浸入水中，或將某物或某人掩埋或隱藏在大量其他物體下(用來描述某人被大量資訊或工作淹沒或淹沒的情況)
- inundate 使應接不暇、淹沒(洪水) vt. 用大量的東西淹沒某人或某物，通常用水或其他液體，但也可以指被工作、請求或資訊淹沒
- crush 壓扁、粉碎 vt. 以巨大的力量或努力完全擊敗或戰勝某人或某物，用來描述某人因壓倒性的經歷或事件而在情感上或精神上被壓垮
- deluge 淹沒(洪水) vt. 用大量的東西淹沒 (大量的資訊、請求或事件來得很快，而且很難處理)
- drown 淹死 vt. vi. 因淹沒在水中而窒息或死亡，但也可用於描述被情緒或資訊淹沒的感覺
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.
