1 ADJ-GRADED 极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的 If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. 极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的
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The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.
如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从。
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She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
她一心想再要一个孩子。
SYN overpowering, strong, powerful, towering
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] （数量）巨大的，压倒性的 You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities. （数量）巨大的，压倒性的 [emphasis]
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The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了。
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The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May.
去年5月，该党在缅甸大选中获得了压倒性的胜利。
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The vote was overwhelming — 283 in favour, and only twenty-nine against.
投票的结果是压倒性的—283票支持，只有29票反对。
SYN vast, huge, massive, enormous
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The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected calls to bring back the death penalty for murder.
下议院以压倒性的多数驳回了对谋杀罪恢复死刑判决的呼吁。
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Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
虽然世易时移，但医学界依然是男性的天下。
| Word Partnership | Use overwhelming with: |
| N. | overwhelming desire, overwhelming response, overwhelming responsibility 1 overwhelming approval, overwhelming force, overwhelming majority, overwhelming odds, overwhelming support, overwhelming victory 2 |
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