| 单词 | overcome |
| 释义 | o·ver·come /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●●○ W3 verb (past tense overcame /-ˈkeɪm/, past participle overcome) [transitive] 1 DEAL WITHto successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something 控制〔感情〕；克服〔困难〕 He struggled to overcome his shyness. 他努力克服自己的羞怯。 Her financial problems could no longer be overcome. 她的经济困难再也无法解决。2 if someone is overcome by smoke or gas, they become extremely sick or unconscious because they breathe it 被〔烟或气体〕熏得失去知觉；被呛晕 The engineer was working on the freezer when he was overcome by gas. 工程师在修理冰柜时被煤气熏倒了。n Grammar Overcome is usually passive in this meaning.3 FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCif someone is overcome by emotion, they cannot behave normally because they feel the emotion so strongly 〔某种情绪〕控制…，对…产生极大的影响be overcome by/with something Charles was overcome with grief. 查尔斯悲痛欲绝。nGrammar Overcome is usually passive in this meaning.4 WINto fight and win against someone or something 征服，战胜 SYN defeat Australia overcame the Netherlands 2–1. 澳大利亚队2比1战胜了荷兰队。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusovercome• One of the lessons of baseball is, adversity can be overcome.• And its technical skill, vast financial reserves and marketing savvy give it the potential to overcome any early disadvantage.• Five employees were overcome by smoke.• However, these difficulties were overcome by the efforts of devoted officers.• Sometimes overcoming enormous odds, mostly because of racial prejudice, black athletes changed the sporting landscape in the United States.• She felt she could never forgive herself, but when she got there, the beauty of the place overcame her again.• I don't think he'll ever overcome his fear of flying.• I'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else.• Sara had overcome the disadvantages of her background to become a successful lawyer.• Rival, patriarchal faiths never entirely overcame the worship of this deity, nor will they ever do so.• It had left him alone to think about the problems he had to face and how he would overcome them.• New York overcame Washington in the final game.• I was overcome with an irresistible urge to hit him.Origin overcome Old English ofercumano·ver·come verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable or prevents control Corpus successfully that to a problem feeling |
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