overwhelm

• 溺れさせる；圧倒する；打ちのめす；覆う；押しつぶす

over-、on、over、whelm、圧倒する。たとえ圧倒されても、圧倒されたという意味の派生語。

overwhelm (v.)

early 14c., "to turn upside down, to overthrow," from over- + Middle English whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm). Meaning "to submerge completely" is mid-15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and overset, by a big wave. Figurative sense of "to bring to ruin" is attested from 1520s. Related: Overwhelmed; overwhelming; overwhelmingly.

1. After my lecture，the students began to overwhelm me with questions.

講義の後、学生たちは一連の質問をし始め、私を困惑させた。

2.No difficulty can overwhelm us.

困難は私たちを押し倒すことができません。

3.It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakenend enmy.

同盟軍が大規模な攻撃をすると、すでに強敵の末路にある敵軍を撃破することは間違いない。

4.Don 't just win the match ; overwhelm your opponents by about 20 goals to nil.

この試合に勝つだけでなく、約20：0のスコアで相手を圧倒しなければならない。

5.The raider，cornered at length，will overwhelm one weak vessel and escape.

襲撃艦は最後にそれらに囲まれても、弱い巡洋艦の1隻を破壊し、包囲を突破して出てくる。