overcome
verb
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkʌm/overcame|overcomeovercomeverb(DEAL WITH)
B2[IorT]
todefeatorsucceedincontrollingordealingwith something:
克服;战胜;攻克;解决Juventus overcame Ajax in athrillinggame.在这场扣人心弦的比赛中,尤文图斯队战胜了阿贾克斯队。
to overcomedifficulties/obstacles/problems/resistance克服困难/障碍/难题/阻力
Eventually shemanagedto overcome hershynessinclass.她终于克服了上课时的羞怯。
20,000demonstratorssang"We shall overcome" as theymarchedthrough Washington.两万名示威者高唱着“我们会胜利”在华盛顿街头游行。
- Theirresoluteoppositionto newworkingmethodswasdifficultto overcome.
- Theplanwasdesignedtohelpwomen andminoritiesovercomediscriminationin theworkplace.
- He overcame allobstaclesin hispathto thetop.
- What are theprospectsfor overcoming thestrifebetween theChristianminorityandMuslimmajority?
- Thisfilmrevealstheirresourcefulnessin overcomingappallingweatherandtreacherousterrain.
Dealing with things or people
- attend tosomeone/something
- be all over itidiom
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- bed
- come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
- cut
- fire
- have it out withsomeoneidiom
- hold onidiom
- I/I've got thisidiom
- ill-prepared
- jump-start
- people skills
- toughsomethingout
- turn
- turn tosomeone/something
- unprocessed
- weather
- weather the stormidiom
- you/you've got thisidiom
overcomeverb(UNABLE TO ACT)
C2[Tusually passive]
topreventsomeone from beingabletoactorthinkin theusualway:
使受不了;使无法行动(或思考)They were overcomebyfumesfrom thefireand had to becarriedout oftheirhouses.他们被大火的浓烟熏倒,不得不被抬出家门。
Overcomewith/byemotion, shefoundherselfunabletospeakfor a fewminutes.她激动得难以自持,有好几分钟说不出话来。
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- preventive
- scuttle