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单词 overpower
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overpower
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈpaʊər/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈpaʊ.ɚ/
todefeatsomeone by havinggreaterstrengthorpower:
（以力气或权力）制服，压倒，征服
Thegunmanwasfinallyoverpowered by threesecurityguards.持枪歹徒最终被3名保安制服。
If asmellorfeelingoverpowers you, it is sostrongthat it makes youfeelweakorill:
（味道或感情）压倒，使无法忍受
Theheat/smellofgasoverpowered me as I went into thehouse.我进屋的时候，一股热气／煤气味向我袭来。
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Power and intensity
(Definition ofoverpowerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overpower| American Dictionary

overpower
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈpɑʊ·ər,-ˈpɑʊər/
todefeatsomeone by havinggreaterstrengthorpower:
The team’sforwardisstrongenough to overpowersmallerdefendersandquickenough todrivepastbiggerones.

overpowering

adjectiveus
/ˌoʊ·vərˈpɑʊ·ər·ɪŋ,-ˈpɑʊər·ɪŋ/
His overpoweringlaughmade himimmediatelyidentifiable,evenin acrowdedroom.
(Definition ofoverpowerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverpower

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The revelation of which we speak is less like the communication of knowledge than the presentation of an irresistible lure that overpowers the will.
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Here, then, is the city as labyrinthine process - overpowering the senses, revealing no pattern.
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We can be enveloped and overpowered by sound, so that the boundaries between self and other seem to become less fixed.
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Cuts were made in the floor and roof, producing an overpowering sense of danger.
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However so many of the convicted were engulfed by the physical overpowering the psychological.
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I could no longer control my overpowering need to run, to fly, to leave far behind me those threatening streets.
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In this vein he was also instructed to educe the demon's name when confronting it, as a prerequisite for overpowering it.
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The outline of the improvisatory environment suggests that interaction between roles and attitudes occurs at a level that overpowers the exchange of content itself.
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The latter, a secret society leader, overpowered the former in terms of authority and influence.
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In general, the more persecutory and overpowering the reality principles of racism, the more likely it is that they will be" totalized" in this way.
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Since then there had been an overpowering sense of being directionless; since then he had been immensely alone in the tainted photo.
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He did not have all that much direct scientific influence on my work, but his personality is certainly overpowering, and the indirect influence is enormous.
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The mastiff and bull-dog he fights have been tempered by man into ferocious fighting creatures, yet the natural integrity of the badger overpowers them.
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However, this may generate ethical (clinically overpowered) and financial problems for randomized trials.
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Tribes may have overpowered another eventually, causing some form of unification but the victors may have dominated over the other tribes.
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