Overwhelming

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhelm

(a.) Overpowering; irresistible.

编辑:迈尔斯

• With his mind apparently relieved from an overwhelming weight, by having at last got an order for something, the waiter imperceptibly melted away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They were sustained by what seemed an overwhelming force of disciplined troops. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And then Prince took her arm in his and turned with great emotion and respect to his father, whose deportment at that moment was overwhelming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I am overwhelming you with money--in my expansive intentions--if you only knew it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Plays and novels have indeed an overwhelming political importance, as the moderns have maintained. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• To him, the wonder of this transit was overwhelming. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The wind arose; the sea roared; and, as with the mighty shock of an earthquake, it split, and cracked with a tremendous and overwhelming sound. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• All her resentment of his fancied coldness was swept away in this overwhelming rush of recollection. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• An attack in overwhelming force on France through Belgium might repeat 1870 on a larger scale. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Will any private training enable him to stand firm against the overwhelming flood of popular opinion? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But why should I dwell upon the incidents that followed this last overwhelming event. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Thomasin surely would be broken down by the sudden and overwhelming nature of this event. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They attacked often against overwhelming odds. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At last, however, there came an overwhelming desire to see the child once more. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The perplexity into which I had plunged this high legal authority was so overwhelming that he was quite unable to conceal it from notice. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• German militarist imperialism had been defeated, but at an overwhelming cost. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The picture you have just drawn is suggestive of a rather too overwhelming contrast. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

编辑:迈尔斯