英 [ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ]
adj. 难以抗拒的，令人不知所措的；巨大的，压倒性的
v. （感情上）使受不了，使不知所措；压垮，使应接不暇；打败，击垮（overwhelm 的现在分词形式）
overwhelming /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/ CET6 TEM4
形容词 If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. 强悍而令人难以应对的
The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.
如果你把这个任务分解成一个个容易完成的小步骤，就不会觉得那么难以应对。
副词 强悍而令人难以应对地
The other women all seemed overwhelmingly confident.
其他的女士们似乎都令人难以应对地自信。
形容词 You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities. (数量上) 压倒性的
The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
绝大多数的小公司在最初的24个月里破产。
副词 (数量上) 压倒性地
The people voted overwhelmingly for change.
人们以绝对多数投票赞成变革。
so strong as to be irresistible
the temptation to despair may become overwhelming ; an overwhelming majority
同义词： overpowering
压倒一切的
势不可挡的
不错，曼联(Manchester United)的金汤(Gin)城防是他们得以被压倒性(Overwhelming)看好的要紧缘故。可最大的题目在于(Is)：这条在英超势不可当的防地，在欧洲可并不那么坚固。
勒布朗时期果然来了,况且势不可挡(Overwhelming):
纳尼(Nani)上场时曼联正处于劣势，尽管比分是平局，但在气势上被客队巴塞尔压倒(Overwhelming)，防线更是疏漏连连，第76分钟曼联又丢一球2-3落后意外。
...）焦虑体验，即在多种处境下或事无论大小都感到焦虑；自由浮动（free-floating）或无名焦虑；焦虑具有压倒一切的（overwhelming）性质，以致病人除焦虑外，几乎什么思想都没有，什么也听不进去，什么也看不进去，甚至连电视看了一阵子也不知所云；急性加剧的形...
overwhelmingly 压倒性地；不可抵抗地
overwhelm 压倒；淹没；受打击
压倒性的；势不可挡的
压倒；淹没（overwhelm的ing形式）；制服
They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
绝大多数民众支持他们继续进行这场战争。
The sense of déjà vu was overwhelming.
似曾经历过的感觉非常强烈。
He felt an overwhelming sense of loss.
他感到非常失落。
That seems to me to be a fairly out-there proposition. And yet, the evidence is so overwhelming, that really nobody has surfaced to suggest that indeed this does not happen. John Geiger says there is a wide acceptance of the Third Man experience among the scientific community and the general public.
VOA : special.2010.02.24
I just want to emphasize one more time, that the overwhelming normal situation is the first one I described, friendly relations.
我想再强调一遍,正如我最初所说的,两者之间大多情况下都是友好关系
古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
There are going to be so many people there looking at me. It's so overwhelming.
到时会来很多人，他们都会盯着我看的。这真是压力巨大啊！
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : I'm worried 实战
MSF is known for its daunting missions, for treating overwhelming numbers of victims with limited resources in often deplorable conditions.
VOA : standard.2010.06.29
He says the global economy must change to a sustainable system now before social issues and ecological degradation become overwhelming.
VOA : standard.2010.01.23
When we climbed down a rickety ladder into the dark chamber, the smell of damp was overwhelming.
In his 200 interviews, Belk found that the most obsessive collectors had one overwhelming trait in common: loneliness.
The German used the 40-year-old goalkeeper Edward Ansah against an overwhelming popular opinion who were against his choice.