The engineer was working on the freezer when he was overcome by gas.
工程师在修理冰柜时被煤气熏倒了。
nGrammar
Overcome is usually passive in this meaning.
3FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCif someone is overcome by emotion, they cannot behave normally because they feel the emotion so strongly 〔某种情绪〕控制…,对…产生极大的影响
be overcome by/with something
Charles was overcome with grief.
查尔斯悲痛欲绝。
nGrammar
Overcome is usually passive in this meaning.
4WINto fight and win against someone or something 征服,战胜SYN defeat
Australia overcame the Netherlands 2–1.
澳大利亚队2比1战胜了荷兰队。
Examples from the Corpus
overcome• One of the lessons of baseball is, adversity can be overcome.• And its technical skill, vastfinancialreserves and marketing savvy give it the potential to overcome any early disadvantage.• Five employees were overcome by smoke.• However, these difficulties were overcome by the efforts of devotedofficers.• Sometimes overcomingenormousodds, mostly because of racialprejudice, black athletes changed the sporting landscape in the United States.• She felt she could never forgive herself, but when she got there, the beauty of the place overcame her again.• I don't think he'll ever overcome his fear of flying.• I'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else.• Sara had overcome the disadvantages of her background to become a successfullawyer.• Rival, patriarchalfaiths never entirely overcame the worship of this deity, nor will they ever do so.• It had left him alone to think about the problems he had to face and how he would overcome them.• New York overcame Washington in the final game.• I was overcome with an irresistibleurge to hit him.