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overbear 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌōvərˈber/,
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overbears, 3rd person singular present; overbearing, present participle; overbore, past tense; overborne, past participle;
  1. Overcome by emotional pressure or physical force
    • - his will had not been overborne by another's influence
    • - he overbore the others who still favored a bold policy
  1. overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"
  2. bear too much
  3. bear down: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
  4. (overbearing) authoritarian: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
  5. (overbearing) disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very ...
  6. To crush or press down on with physical force; To prevail over, as if by superior weight or force; dominate; To be more important than; outweigh; To bear an overabundance of fruit or offspring
  7. (overbearing) Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant
  8. (Overbearing) A term used to describe the impact of a development or building on its surroundings, particularly a neighbouring property, in terms of its scale, massing and general dominating effect.
  9. To sail downwind directly at another ship, stealing the wind from its sails.