Overwhelm的意思|Overwhelm的解释-里氏词典

Overwhelm \O"ver*whelm`\, n.
The act of overwhelming. [R.]

Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overwhelming}.]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.

Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.

Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.

2. To project or impend over threateningly.

His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.

3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.

But they are depressed by the prospect that the war won't end soon and that, over the long run, superior Iranian resources and manpower may overwhelm their current edge in military firepower.
But the avalanche of supply appeared to overwhelm demand and pushed prices of tax-exempt issues as much as 1/4 point lower.
Under the plan, a "regulated zone" 100 miles deep will be established across the 125-mile-wide isthmus in which bee experts hope to overwhelm the Africanized insects with the genes of the tamer European honeybees.
He thinks this decline will occur on shrinking volume and that declining issues won't overwhelm advancers, as they did on Aug. 23.
Obscuring the difference between public and private would allow private passions (including racial ones) to be given full vent in public life and overwhelm reason.
We are dealing with the most brutal and complete international criminal conspiracy the world has ever known, which can overwhelm us if we do not deal imaginatively and multilaterally with this threat.
Frantic discounting could then overwhelm any effort to fine-tune a fuel surcharge.
"The (broadcasting) techniques are beginning to overwhelm the old standards." Ed Turner, executive vice president of the Cable News Network, said that CNN doesn't do "theater in the round.
In protest, the Coalition on Homelessness said it plans to "flood the system," bringing in homeless people from other areas to the Civic Center to overwhelm the new shelters, said a group leader, Josh Brandon.
"Make sure objects on the wall don't overwhelm objects on the table.
Herbicides are sprayed on timberlands in the Pacific Northwest to control competing vegetation that might otherwise overwhelm newly planted Douglas fir seedlings.
He said the Saudis hope the deluge of refugees will overwhelm Yemen.
About 3,700 Vietnamese have arrived in Hong Kong since Sunday to further overwhelm refugee facilities.
But he does allow a massive, turntable set of drab living rooms designed by Andrew Jackness to nearly overwhelm what should be an intimate drama.
A net in-migration of 2.6 million, though, will overwhelm this negative natural increase.
The AIDS virus is able to use one of the body's major disease fighters to help overwhelm the immune system and leave the patient unprotected against infection, according to a new study.
While this tends to restrain the favorable effects of lower rates, it isn't likely to overwhelm them.
Questions about whether strings were pulled to get Quayle into the Guard and into Indiana University Law School have threatened to overwhelm his campaign.
Third World countries, led by India and Brazil, are fighting the effort to remove barriers blocking foreign banks and other service companies for fear that giant multinational firms will overwhelm their domestic institutions.
But at least one thing is clear: Currency and interest-rate movements can overwhelm any tinkering with tariffs.
In New Delhi, which is a composite of seven cities built by different rulers dating to the 8th century, some monuments simply disappear as modern neighborhoods overwhelm smaller tombs and courtyards.
Bank of Boston, along with other banks in the region that have expressed interest in bidding for parts of Bank of New England, is fearful that a strongly capitalized buyer from outside the region could overwhelm New England's troubled banks.
But Shanghai remains encumbered a burgeoning population of more than 6 million people that overwhelm the decaying infrastructure of a city still crammed with crumbling 40-year-old factories.
Rosati said inflation is spiraling and could soon overwhelm the patience of Poles if they begin to see the turn toward democracy as costing them food and economic stability.
Kurt Kruger, an analyst with Hambrecht & Quist, said Johnson & Johnson's "franchise and marketing muscle" would be able to "overwhelm" any small company coming in with a generic Retin-A product.
But the trend that poses the greatest threat to the industry is the tendency by some newspaper owners to allow concerns about business matters to overwhelm all other considerations, Harris said.
IBM's lobbying "is contrary to the objectives of a united Europe" and will let it overwhelm local rivals, says Marcel Richard of France's biggest phone-worker union.
The credit markets are often depressed prior to such massive auctions, because some investors worry that the supply will overwhelm demand.
If Iraq should become intoxicated by its power and move to overwhelm another Arab state, the Arabs would be right to deploy their armies to check it," Bush quoted Saddam.
Quayle has denied those charges, but the issues have threatened at times to overwhelm his campaign.

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