overwhelming

o·ver·whelm·ing /ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ $ ˌoʊvər-/ adjectiveadj

1 CONFUSEDhaving such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react 难以抗拒的，令人不知所措的

an overwhelming sense of guilt

一阵不能自制的内疚感

She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.

她恨不得揍他一顿。

She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.

她初来时觉得这座城市令她不知所措。

2 LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTvery large or greater, more important etc than any other 巨大的，压倒性的

There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health.

有难以辩驳的证据表明吸烟有损健康。

An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea.

占压倒性多数的成员反对这项主张。

The proposal has been given overwhelming support.

这一提议得到了压倒性多数的支持。

The British Air Force succeeded despite overwhelming odds against them.

英国空军虽然处境极为不利，但还是完成了任务。

—overwhelmingly adv

Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.

国会以压倒性多数票支持这个议案。

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overwhelming• The evidence against them is overwhelming.• The odds against them were overwhelming.• Lindsey found herself battling against an almost overwhelming and totally illogical desire to run her fingers through its neatness.• She had several almost overwhelming desires.• This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it.• an overwhelming experience• She had an overwhelming fear of syphilis, and the pattern of her tippling was similar to that with other addictive substances.• Christina Rossetti wanted to convey a particular feeling of overwhelming joy.• A resolution to maintain the truce was carried by an overwhelming majority.• She had an overwhelming urge to call Mel again in New York.

overwhelming odds• Human rights can be won - even against overwhelming odds.• Its glory days came when Spitfire and Hurricane pilots scrambled to defeat Hitler's Luftwaffe despite overwhelming odds.• Like his rebel ancestor, Buchanan is fighting a lost cause with prideful determination despite overwhelming odds.• Against overwhelming odds, I surrendered myself and watched a glut of documentaries about the military hardware.

o·ver·whelm·ing adjectiveadj

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