overwhelmingly

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. The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring back the death penalty for murder
   下议院以绝对多数否决了对谋杀罪恢复死刑的要求。
2. 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。
3. The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative
   来自海外的消息特别不容乐观。
4. The inhabitants have voted overwhelmingly to restore the city's original name of Chemnitz.
   居民以压倒多数票同意恢复该市原来的名字“开姆尼茨”。
5. He was overwhelmingly re-elected as party leader.
   他以压倒性多数再度当选为该党领袖。
6. 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。
7. The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour.
   绝大多数人的观点看来是一边倒地支持他的。
8. The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
   压倒多数的选票投给了民主党。
9. 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。
10. Record companies and consumers alike have overwhelmingly accepted its business model.
    唱片公司和消费者都已彻底接受了它的商业模式。
11. 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。
12. But, overwhelmingly, Microsoft has proven it can create a vibrant and profitable ecosystem.
    但是，不容辩驳的是，微软已证明它能打造一个充满活力、有利可图的生态系统。
13. 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。
14. Trade deficits are made up for by remittances from emigrants and by foreign aid, overwhelmingly from New Zealand.
    多数来自新西兰的贸易逆差由移民汇款和国外援助进行弥补。
15. China, then, would share a central role in a system hitherto dominated overwhelmingly by the US dollar.
    中国将在一个迄今由美元占据压倒性主导地位的体系中分享核心角色。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. The local community board in lower Manhattan voted overwhelmingly to support the proposal.
    下曼哈顿地方社区委员会以压倒多数通过了提议。
23. Voters in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia have overwhelmingly voted in favor of independence from Tbilisi.
    格鲁吉亚执意分离的南奥塞梯地区选民以压倒多数投票支持从第比利斯独立出来。
24. Domestic bond markets in sub-Saharan Africa are largely undeveloped and are overwhelmingly dominated by South Africa and Nigeria.
    撒哈拉以南非洲国家的国内债券市场大多不发达，南非和尼日利亚在这些市场占据着压倒性的主导地位。
25. Summerhill won, and its last report from government inspectors, in 2007, was overwhelmingly favourable.
    夏山学校赢下了官司，而在最近一份由政府巡视员2007年出具的报告中，获得了压倒性的好评。
26. Government policies were overwhelmingly favourable to employers.
    政府的政策绝大多数对雇主有利。
27. If their hobbies, home, family and friends are overwhelmingly more important to them, walk away.
    如果他们的爱好、家庭和朋友对于他们远比成功更重要，你就要和他们保持距离。
28. 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。
29. First, not all east Asia is an economic miracle: today, it is overwhelmingly a China story.
    首先，并非整个东亚都是经济奇迹：当今所谓的亚洲经济奇迹，完全就是一个有关中国的故事。
30. I believe the evidence overwhelmingly supports the latter.
    我认为各项证据压倒性地支持后者。

adv

1. incapable of being resisted
   1. the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man

   Synonym:    overpoweringlyirresistibly