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词汇 overpowered
释义 overpowered
adjective
(alsoover-powered)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈpaʊ.əd/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈpaʊ.ɚd/
having more power than is needed to be effective:
It was like driving an overpowered speedboat.
Are you looking for a way to limit an overpowered engine?
The computer is a little over-powered for my needs.
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The ASHPD is the most overpowered firearm in all video games.
Could Marvel's Thor actually be a bit too overpowered?
The cause of the injury to a worker in a garment factory appeared to be that the spray gun containing cleaning fluid was over-powered.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Efficient and effective
be firing on all cylindersidiom
businesslike
clockwork
come together
cut through something
developed
dispatch
efficiently
ergonomic
ergonomically
ergonomics
high-functioning
seamless
seamlessly
smoothly
snappily
snappy
work wonders/miraclesidiom
workable
worth your saltidiom

Examples of overpowered


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But, ultimately, the familiarity of the object overpowered those questions, and no one ever asked.
The latter, a secret society leader, overpowered the former in terms of authority and influence.
In these works the teeth signify helplessness and fear, as the victim is overpowered from within as well as from without.
However, this may generate ethical (clinically overpowered) and financial problems for randomized trials.
Since even highly functionally diverse rain forests can be invaded, it suggests that the effect of high functional diversity may also be overpowered by sufficient exotic propagule pressure.
The guard, consisting of a corporal and six men, were overpowered and tied up.
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We have had outposts overpowered here and there, but, on the whole, the line has been held exceedingly well.
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They were overpowered when their ammunition gave out.
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They overpowered the guards and stole a large quantity of arms and ammunition from the armoury.
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Because, unfortunately, the forum was overpowered by very specific and special issues.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Even in war time it is possible for a camp to be overpowered.
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The next one is locker broke, tubs overpowered him.
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The police were easily overpowered, and loss of life and destruction occurred because troops were not available in time to deal with these disturbances.
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Many people feel overpowered by the scale of their estates and remote from the management of them.
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They were overpowered and their arms were taken from them.
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