overwhelm

/,ovɚ'wɛlm/

v 压倒，淹没

记忆： over(在…之上) + whelm(淹没， 压倒) → 征服

例句：But the various pros and cons should not blindly overwhelm one another.（但是，众多的利弊得失不应盲目的一个压倒另一个。）；We try not to think about it because it would overwhelm us to an extent that we would just vegetate.（我们尽量不去想它，因为在某种我们能够想像到的程度上他会压倒我们。）

派生：overwhelming；overwhelmingly

同近：flood；flow