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overbear的意思

overbear

基本解释

vt. 压服;克服

vi. 结实过多

英文词源

overbear (v.)
late 14c., "to carry over," from over- + bear (v.). Meaning "to bear down by weight of physical force" is from 1535 (in Coverdale), originally nautical, of an overwhelming wind; figurative sense of "to overcome and repress by power, authority, etc." is from 1560s.