overcome的意思

overcome

英式音标[,ovɚ'kʌm]
美式英标[əʊvə'kʌm]

基本解释

vt. 克服；胜过

vi. 克服；得胜

overcome 克服，战胜

over-,在上，超过，come,来到。原义为赶上，超过，引申词义克服，战胜。

overcome (v.): Old English ofercuman "to reach, overtake," also "to conquer, prevail over," from ofer (see over) + cuman "to come" (see come (v.)). A common Germanic compound (Middle Dutch overkomen, Old High German ubarqueman, German überkommen). In reference to mental or chemical force, "to overwhelm, render helpless," it is in late Old English. Meaning "to surmount" (a difficulty or obstacle) is from c. 1200. The Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" was put together c. 1950s from lyrics from Charles Tindley's spiritual "I'll Overcome Some Day" (1901), and melody from pre-Civil War spiritual "No More Auction Block for Me." Related: Overcame; overcoming.

1. Having identified the problem, the question arises of how to overcome it.: 发现问题后，如何克服它的问题又出现了。

3. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.: 经过反复施用除草剂，杂草得以彻底根除。

4. These difficulties have been overcome without detriment to performance.: 这些困难都已在不影响业绩的情况下得到了克服。