| 单词 | overwhelming |
| 释义 | overwhelming (once / 433 pages) adj Something overwhelming is very intense and hard to deal with: overwhelming events make people worried and stressed out. It's hard to overcome overwhelming things. If you feel an overwhelming need to laugh, you're probably going to laugh. If you have an overwhelming feeling of sadness, you'll probably cry. An overwhelming amount of homework is almost impossible to get done. Adults who work, have families, and struggle to pay the bills feel like their lives are overwhelming. A tornado or hurricane is an overwhelming force of nature. When something is overwhelming, there's not much you can do against it. WORD FAMILYoverwhelming: overwhelmingly+/overwhelm: overwhelmed, overwhelming, overwhelms USAGE EXAMPLESAfter a year at cozy Williams, the empty dorm felt cavernous and overwhelming to the Robinson family. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s amazing, overwhelming,” Long said afterward, wiping away tears. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) This was an overwhelming process that consumed her life, Grogan said, but she was determined to heal quickly. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj very intense overwhelming joy Syn consuming intense possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree 2adj so strong as to be irresistible the temptation to despair may become overwhelming an overwhelming majority Syn overpowering irresistible, resistless impossible to resist; overpowering |
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