overwhelming

adj.

1. 巨大的；压倒性的；无法抗拒的
   very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react
   1. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
      对他不利的证据确凿，无法抵赖。
   2. The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan.
      绝大多数与会者都赞同这个计划。
   3. an overwhelming sense of loss
      莫大的失落感
   4. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.
      她恨不得要告诉他实情。
   5. You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
      起初你可能觉得它有些无法抗拒。

1. ADJ-GRADED 极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的
   If something is overwhelming, 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。
2. ADJ-GRADED （数量）巨大的，压倒性的
   You can use overwhelming to 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。

1. She needs and wants to be loved with overwhelming passion and adoration
   她需要并想要被爱的滔滔激情和倾慕所包围。
2. We are exposed to an overwhelming number of chemical contaminants every day in our air, water and food.
   我们每天都会通过空气、水和食品接触到数量惊人的化学污染物。
3. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry
   他表现出焦躁不安和过度忧虑的症状。
4. The silence was fathomless and overwhelming.
   这种寂静深不可测，令人不知所措。
5. 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。
6. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
   她一心想再要一个孩子。
7. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger
   最强烈的感觉就是深深的震惊和愤怒。
8. The smell outside this building is overwhelming — like rotten eggs
   这栋大楼外面的气味让人无法忍受——就像臭鸡蛋的味道。
9. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt
   当你的孩子在挣扎求生时，你会感到非常内疚。
10. Doctors yesterday delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in controversial health service shake-ups.
    对于备受争议的公共医疗卫生服务体系的改革整顿举措，昨天医生们投出了压倒多数的不信任票。
11. The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
    这些数据表明人类经受了如此深重的苦难，对此人们都不愿想起。
12. The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
    巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
13. They realized it would be suicidal to resist in the face of overwhelming military superiority.
    他们意识到面对力量相差如此悬殊的军队，抵抗无异于自取灭亡。
14. At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him
    她有时会特别想见他。
15. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings
    写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
16. In the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism, the task seemed overwhelming.
    在强烈的反对和毫不留情的批评声中，这个任务似乎让人难以招架。
17. The parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to suspend its declaration of independence
    议会以压倒性的多数票决定推迟宣布独立。
18. Our just and severe statement has won the support of the overwhelming majority.
    我们义正辞严的声明赢得了大多数的支持.
19. The Ministry has been defeated by an overwhelming majority.
    内阁被压倒多数票击败。
20. The motion was passed by an overwhelming majority.
    提案以压倒多数通过。
21. Overwhelming rebellion occupied many big cities.
    势不可挡的起义席卷了许多大城市。
22. Arsenal won an overwhelming victory over Manchester United last night.
    昨晚阿森纳狂胜曼联队。
23. An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.
    绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。
24. The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.
    洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
25. The overwhelming majority of nonlinear differential equations are not soluble analytically.
    绝大多数非线性微分方程是不能用解析方法求解的。
26. This is our challenge and our overwhelming responsibility.
    这就是我们的挑战，也是我们压倒一切的责任。
27. As such, my overwhelming feeling at the end was one of confusion and disbelief.
    同样的，我赛后充满了困惑和怀疑的感觉。
28. They comprise the overwhelming majority of the white people.
    他们构成了白人中的压倒性多数。
29. I experienced an overwhelming feeling of isolation.
    我经历了一种难以抗拒的孤独感。

adj

1. very intense
   1. politics is his consuming passion
   2. overwhelming joy

   Synonym:    consuming

2. so strong as to be irresistible
   1. an overpowering need for solitude
   2. the temptation to despair may become overwhelming
   3. an overwhelming majority

   Synonym:    overpowering