overwhelming

🇬🇧/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/📚 3597 3六级考研
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

adjective [原级]难以抗拒的,令人不知所措的;巨大的,压倒性的

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。

verb [vt. 及物动词](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)

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。

over(胜过) + whelm(淹没, 覆盖) + ing → 压倒性的

an overwhelming victory 压倒性的胜利 the overwhelming majority 压倒性多数

单词造句:
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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。
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。
The people voted overwhelmingly for change. 人们以绝对多数投票赞成变革。
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。