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

• Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
  1991年冷战期间：乌克兰以压倒性多数同意了从苏联独立出来的公民投票。
• 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。
• Somewhat unintentionally, the game publishers who tried it Nexon, ncsoft and Tencent found it was overwhelmingly successful.
  Nexon、NCsoft和腾讯（Tencent）等游戏发行商有意无意地尝试了这种模式，结果发现它极为成功。
• 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。
• Government policies were overwhelmingly favourable to employers.
  政府的政策绝大多数对雇主有利。
• Such jobs are held overwhelmingly by younger workers and women.
  从事这种工作的人绝大多数都是年轻人和女性。
• Last month, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly for the European Union to accept detainees.
  上个月，欧洲议会以压倒多数表决同意欧盟接受在押人员。
• The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative
  来自海外的消息特别不容乐观。
• Students surveyed overwhelmingly said that they believed corporate profits and social responsibility could co-exist.
  绝大多数受访学生表示，他们认为，企业利润和社会责任能够共存。
• 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。