overwhelmingly

英 [ˌəʊvə(r)'welmɪŋli]

美 [ˌoʊvər'hwelmɪŋli]

adv.  压倒性地

TOEFL

BNC.8697 / COCA.6882

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的
  If something isoverwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
  1. The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps...
     如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从。
  2. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
     她一心想再要一个孩子。
• ADJ-GRADED （数量）巨大的，压倒性的
  You can useoverwhelmingto emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
  1. The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
     绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了。
  2. The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May...
     去年5月，该党在缅甸大选中获得了压倒性的胜利。
  3. The vote was overwhelming — 283 in favour, and only twenty-nine against.
     投票的结果是压倒性的——283票支持，只有29票反对。

英英释义

adv

• incapable of being resisted
  1. the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man
  Synonym:overpoweringlyirresistibly

双语例句

• In1997, the new Labor Party won the selection overwhelmingly.
  1997年，新工党以压倒性优势赢得了大选。
• The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction
  当地经济过于依赖石油和天然气的开采。
• But this has been overwhelmingly caused by temporary factors.
  但这在很大程度上是暂时因素造成的。
• Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves.
  盖茨比深切地体会到财富怎样禁锢和保存着青春与神秘。
• The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
  压倒多数的选票投给了民主党。
• I believe the evidence overwhelmingly supports the latter.
  我认为各项证据压倒性地支持后者。
• The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative
  来自海外的消息特别不容乐观。
• The rebels came overwhelmingly from the poorest strata of rural society.
  叛乱分子绝大多数来自农村的最贫困阶层。
• Almost all of it came from business school academics, and they overwhelmingly agreed that managers generally ignored them.
  几乎所有反馈都来自商学院的学者，他们绝大多数都赞同管理者基本上无视他们的观点。
• Polls show people have overwhelmingly negative opinions about Congress.
  民意调查显示，大部分美国人对美国国会的评价都是负面的。