Overpower
[əʊvə'paʊə] or ['ovɚ'paʊɚ]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
(n.) A dominating power.
編輯:莎蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, over-bear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crash, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of.
戴维斯整理
同義詞及反義詞：
[See MASTER]
手打:米米
解釋/意思:
v.t. to have or gain power over: to subdue defeat: to overwhelm.—adj. Overpow′ering excessive in degree or amount: irresistible.—adv. Overpow′eringly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- What a mistake Ryland made, said Raymond, when he thought to overpower me the other night. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He will overpower the English, shrieked Isidor to his master, and will be here to-night. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He will overpower the English, and be here to-night. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- My strength thou mayst indeed overpower for God made women weak, and trusted their defence to man's generosity. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She has suffered somewhat from the bite of the adder; but it is exhaustion which has overpowered her. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Facing her on the bank blazed the fire, which at once sent a ruddy glare into the room where she was, and overpowered the candles. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She was overpowered by shame and vexation. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- And high up here, on the crest, moved a wind that almost overpowered him with a sleep-heavy iciness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She appeared to have gone to change her dress, and to have sunk down overpowered. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- His first proceeding is to hold the piece of money to the gas-light and to be overpowered at finding that it is yellow--gold. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The sensation of being stifled sometimes so overpowered him, that he would stand at the window holding his throat and gasping. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- In my overpowering anxiety to hear what she had to tell me, I could not answer her--I could only put questions on my side. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He was altogether splendid, massive, overpowering, and impracticable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And she had a disagreeable consciousness of not appearing to imply that it had been an overpowering pleasure. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is likely to hold him away. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Even to see Mr. Crawford would be less overpowering. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- In the overpowering fears about to-morrow she had forgotten Rebecca--jealousy--everything except that her husband was gone and was in danger. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Under the overpowering influence of these sickly imaginations the moral teachings of Gautama have been almost hid from view. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My good friend,' said Mr. Pickwick, taking the old man by the hand, 'your honest confidence overpowers me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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