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单词 overmaster
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Definition of overmaster in English:

overmaster

verb əʊvəˈmɑːstəˌoʊvərˈmæstər
[with object]literary
  • Overcome; conquer.

    〈诗/文〉压倒;征服

    he was overmastered by events

    他被一系列的事压垮了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aromatic logs would be burned under the windows of the rich to overmaster the stench that penetrated the city.
    • Yet while under the influence of the Summoning Stone, I feared for a time that it was the Demon King himself who had overmastered me, for I could not sense Morlock anywhere… but I understand better now.
    • It's a weakness of mine, I admit, that my judgment is often overmastered by passion.
    • The life-story perspective reveals a common presentation in patients who have been demoralized and overmastered by circumstances.
    • Everything is made subordinate to the overmastering dictates of war.
    • Presumably they have all left their warm beds at the compulsion of some overmastering motive: duty, ambition, or fear of poverty.
    • They know that the overmastering intentions of the cosmos cannot be undone, but believe that down the line events can be tweaked.
    • Sometimes she felt the overmastering desire to strangle her with kisses.
    • Yet there is one writer whose unmistakable voice will occasionally overmaster hers.
    • One thing, however, can be said with reasonable confidence: throughout his life Aristotle was driven by one overmastering desire - the desire for knowledge.

Definition of overmaster in US English:

overmaster

verbˌōvərˈmastərˌoʊvərˈmæstər
[with object]literary
  • Overcome; conquer.

    〈诗/文〉压倒;征服

    he was overmastered by events

    他被一系列的事压垮了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes she felt the overmastering desire to strangle her with kisses.
    • Yet there is one writer whose unmistakable voice will occasionally overmaster hers.
    • Everything is made subordinate to the overmastering dictates of war.
    • Presumably they have all left their warm beds at the compulsion of some overmastering motive: duty, ambition, or fear of poverty.
    • Yet while under the influence of the Summoning Stone, I feared for a time that it was the Demon King himself who had overmastered me, for I could not sense Morlock anywhere… but I understand better now.
    • Aromatic logs would be burned under the windows of the rich to overmaster the stench that penetrated the city.
    • The life-story perspective reveals a common presentation in patients who have been demoralized and overmastered by circumstances.
    • One thing, however, can be said with reasonable confidence: throughout his life Aristotle was driven by one overmastering desire - the desire for knowledge.
    • They know that the overmastering intentions of the cosmos cannot be undone, but believe that down the line events can be tweaked.
    • It's a weakness of mine, I admit, that my judgment is often overmastered by passion.
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