A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
（情感、事件等）使不知所措，使難以承受
If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
例句
He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...他一心渴望回到從前。The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.她迫不及待地要找個人說說話，隨便是誰都行。
VERB
征服；制服；擊敗
If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
例句
It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.毫無疑問，盟軍一次大規模的進攻就會擊潰已是強弩之末的敵軍。