overwhelm
overwhelm 的前缀、后缀或词根是什么？
国际音标
🇺🇸 /ˌoʊvərˈwɛlm/
🇬🇧 /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm/
压倒，淹没，使不知所措
词根法分析
overwhelm 由前缀‘over-’和词根‘whelm’组成，前缀表示‘过度’，词根意为‘覆盖’或‘淹没’，合起来表示‘压倒，淹没，使不知所措’
- over-前缀，表示‘过度’或‘在...之上’
- whelm来自古英语‘whelm’，意为‘覆盖’或‘淹没’
例子
- whelm覆盖，淹没
练习
尝试用相同的方法分解和记忆以下单词- overcome克服，战胜
- overload超载，过载
造句
- The small boat was overwhelmed by the large waves.
- She felt overwhelmed by the amount of work she had to do.
- The team was overwhelmed by the support from the fans.