| 词汇 | overpower |
| 释义 | overpower verb[ T ] uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈpaʊər/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈpaʊ.ɚ/ to defeat someone by having greater strength or power: （以力气或权力）制服，压倒，征服 The gunman was finally overpowered by three security guards.持枪歹徒最终被3名保安制服。 If a smell or feeling overpowers you, it is so strong that it makes you feel weak or ill: （味道或感情）压倒，使无法忍受 The heat/smell of gas overpowered me as I went into the house.我进屋的时候，一股热气／煤气味向我袭来。 Winning and defeating annihilate annihilation bank be gunning for someoneidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom convincing mincemeat moral victory move/go/close in for the killidiom near thing outclass sew slaughter sweep take someone down take someone to the cleaner'sidiom take something apart takedown thrash thrashing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Power and intensity overpower | American Dictionaryoverpower verb[ T ] us/ˌoʊ·vərˈpɑʊ·ər, -ˈpɑʊər/ to defeat someone by having greater strength or power: The team’s forward is strong enough to overpower smaller defenders and quick enough to drive past bigger ones. overpoweringadjectiveus/ˌoʊ·vərˈpɑʊ·ər·ɪŋ, -ˈpɑʊər·ɪŋ/ His overpowering laugh made him immediately identifiable, even in a crowded room. Examples of overpoweroverpower The revelation of which we speak is less like the communication of knowledge than the presentation of an irresistible lure that overpowers the will. Here, then, is the city as labyrinthine process - overpowering the senses, revealing no pattern. We can be enveloped and overpowered by sound, so that the boundaries between self and other seem to become less fixed. Cuts were made in the floor and roof, producing an overpowering sense of danger. However so many of the convicted were engulfed by the physical overpowering the psychological. I could no longer control my overpowering need to run, to fly, to leave far behind me those threatening streets. In this vein he was also instructed to educe the demon's name when confronting it, as a prerequisite for overpowering it. The outline of the improvisatory environment suggests that interaction between roles and attitudes occurs at a level that overpowers the exchange of content itself. The latter, a secret society leader, overpowered the former in terms of authority and influence. In general, the more persecutory and overpowering the reality principles of racism, the more likely it is that they will be" totalized" in this way. Since then there had been an overpowering sense of being directionless; since then he had been immensely alone in the tainted photo. He did not have all that much direct scientific influence on my work, but his personality is certainly overpowering, and the indirect influence is enormous. The mastiff and bull-dog he fights have been tempered by man into ferocious fighting creatures, yet the natural integrity of the badger overpowers them. However, this may generate ethical (clinically overpowered) and financial problems for randomized trials. Tribes may have overpowered another eventually, causing some form of unification but the victors may have dominated over the other tribes. See all examples of overpower These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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