o‧ver‧come W3 / əʊvəkʌm $ oʊvər- / 动词 ( past tense overcame / -keɪm / , past participle overcome ) [及物动词]

1 to successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something :

He struggled to overcome his shyness.

Her financial problems could no longer be overcome.

2 [通常被动态] if smoke or gas overcomes someone, they become extremely sick or unconscious because they breathe it :

The engineer was working on the freezer when he was overcome by gas.

3 if an emotion overcomes someone, they cannot behave normally because they feel the emotion so strongly

overcome with

Charles was overcome with grief.

4 to fight and win against someone or something 同义词 defeat :

Australia overcame the Netherlands 2–1.