1. 這是個什么詞管嬉？
詞：overwhelming
英英釋義：very large or greater, more important etc than any other
例句：The garbage/waste sorting proposal has been given overwhelming support.
2. 為什么選這個詞掩浙？
“overwhelming”是形容詞匾乓，有“難以抗拒的负甸、令人不知所措的”的意思名斟，也有“巨大的池凄、壓倒性的”的意思句旱。我們今天來學第二個意思阳藻。這個表示程度的詞在《經(jīng)濟學人》中出現(xiàn)的頻率非常高，幾乎每一期都能碰到前翎，是個地道稚配、高質(zhì)量的好詞，在口語和寫作中都可以使用它港华。下面來看幾個例子道川。
有大量證據(jù)表明吸煙有損健康，就可以說：
There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health.
垃圾分類這一提議得到了極大的支持立宜，可以說：
The garbage/waste sorting proposal has been given overwhelming support.
類似地冒萄，絕大多數(shù)的人投票贊成垃圾分類提議，就可以說：
An overwhelming majority have voted in favor of the garbage/waste sorting proposal.
《經(jīng)濟學人》在一篇關(guān)于全球氣候變化的文章中都用到了 overwhelming：
Those who think global warming is not man-made are, inevitably, opposed to states setting long-range targets to decarbonise the economy. Even some who accept the overwhelming scientific consensus have their doubts.
另一篇寫英國政治的《經(jīng)濟學人》文章中也出現(xiàn)了 overwhelming：
It looks as if the party is about to gamble again, on Boris Johnson. The former foreign secretary is the overwhelming favourite among party members, who elect the leader.（這里的意思是 Boris Johnson 的支持率遠遠超過其他人）
《經(jīng)濟學人》最近在一篇書評中也用到了 overwhelming：
Ms Cep paints a portrait of a hermetic society still riven by prejudice, with its revival tents and sharecroppers. Then she pieces together Lee’s struggle not only with Maxwell’s tale but with the legacy of her overwhelming success.（這里的 overwhelming 就相當于 great）
3. 怎樣學會使用這個詞橙数？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
有大量證據(jù)表明刻意練習是掌握各種技能的必要條件尊流。
There is overwhelming evidence showing that practice is essential to master any skills.
（參考翻譯：There is overwhelming evidence that [deliberate] practice is essential to [mastery of skills].)
2）結(jié)合自己的生活、學習灯帮、工作崖技、興趣等逻住，想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達。先簡要描述這個場景迎献，再造句瞎访。
例子： There is overwhelming scientific consensus that acquiring more than one language can increase your attention span.
場景：The benefits of acquiring a second language.
