1. 1壓倒性地;絕大多數地

    Overwhelmingly is a way to lean on the size of something — not a small lead, a huge one. A vote can be overwhelmingly in favour. A place can be overwhelmingly rural. Evidence can be overwhelmingly clear. It often answers how much? with almost all, or so much that it knocks you back. It comes from , the feeling of being covered or overpowered, but in this use it has cooled into a strength-word: the amount is huge. Though actually, speakers stretch it. It sits most naturally before an adjective (overwhelmingly popular) or with in favour / against. Used as a fancy very in every sentence, it starts to sound up.

From the word’s history

From overwhelming + -ly.

由 overwhelming 加副詞字尾 -ly 組成。

Wiktionary

組成overwhelming + -ly. Overwhelm itself is over- plus an old word whelm, which meant to cover or turn over.

同家族的字

  • overwhelmingthe adjective this adverb is built from
  • overwhelmthe verb: cover, overpower, or hit with too much
  • whelman old verb meaning to cover or overturn

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

overwhelminglyadv/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/

  • 1

    In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.

    • Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...].
    • The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.
  • 2

    Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.

    • Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.
    • Those recurrent noises in Italy about a move to Internazionale have resurfaced this week. It seems overwhelmingly likely Conte will stay, pay rise pending. But it is a feat of rare political skill to have made himself so unusually vital to the current success.

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