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overcome

/oh-ver-kuhm/US // ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈkʌm) //

克服,攻克,战胜,克服困难

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v.有主动词 verb
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    o·ver·came [oh-ver-keym], /ˌoʊ vərˈkeɪm/, o·ver·come, o·ver·com·ing.

    • : to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
    • : to prevail over; surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses.
    • : to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with grief.
    • : Archaic. to overspread or overrun.
v.无主动词 verb
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    o·ver·came [oh-ver-keym], /ˌoʊ vərˈkeɪm/, o·ver·come, o·ver·com·ing.

    • : to gain the victory; win; conquer: a plan to overcome by any means possible.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbeat, defeat
Forms: overcame, overcoming

Examples

  • Fortune recently spoke with Tedder to learn more about his new business venture, the lessons learned, the hurdles overcome, and plans for the next year.

  • Public-health officials will also have to overcome reluctance by some Americans to get a shot.

  • Joe knows what it’s like to struggle, which is why he gives his personal phone number to kids overcoming a stutter of their own.

  • Now, scientists have pinpointed a compound emitted by congregating locusts that might explain how individuals of one widespread species overcome their innate aversion to socializing.

  • In addition to that tension, the Jazz will also have to overcome the absence of Bojan Bogdanović, who is out for the restart after having surgery on his wrist.

  • Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

  • She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.

  • She was separated from her colleagues after they were overcome by smoke and heat and ordered to withdraw.

  • To overcome these impediments, at least two tour operators bring visitors into the region.

  • What kind of advice would you give to young women to overcome that glass ceiling?

  • His departure in autumn had been so gradual, that it was difficult to say when night began to overcome the day.

  • In brief, by the close of the year, the phenomenal conditions growing directly out of the European war had been met and overcome.

  • De Castellor was now in his seat; and when Castanos came off; the Duke was stunned into stupor, overcome by the illimitable ruin.

  • A very brief exercise of Mr. Sikess art sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice, and it soon stood wide open also.

  • He gazed at us all in wonderment, and, overcome by mingled shame and exhaustion, I sank into a chair and popped no more.

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