To overwhelm is to overpower or defeat completely. Other synonyms are "upset" and "overthrow."
Like the phone booths of yesteryear, mailboxes that are underused are being junked in dumps by the thousands.
The decrease in first-class mail has forced the postal authorities to cut costs down to the bone.
The corner mailbox has been a mainstay of Americana for more than a hundred years.
■今日注目する表現はこれ！ 答えは以下で
overpower overthrow junk cut costs down to the bone Americana
────────────────────────────── overpower, 征服する = overwhelm ────────────────────────────── Say What You Meanより。
If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
ex) It took ten guardsmen to overpower him.
────────────────────────────── overthrow, （政府などを）転覆させる ────────────────────────────── Say What You Meanより。
When a government or leader is overthrown, they are removed from power by force.
ex) That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.
overwhelmのsynonymということですが、はて？
────────────────────────────── junk, (がらくたとして)廃棄する、捨てる ────────────────────────────── Digital Age Casualties (1)より。
If you junk something, you get rid of it or stop using it. [INFORMAL]
ex) The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982.
────────────────────────────── cut costs down to the bone, コストをぎりぎりまで切り詰める ────────────────────────────── Digital Age Casualties (1)より。
cut to the bone If resources or costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced as much as they possibly can be. Verbs such as 'pare', 'shave', and 'strip' are sometimes used instead of 'cut'.
ex) We managed to break even by cutting costs to the bone.
────────────────────────────── Americana, アメリカの風物[誌],アメリカらしい事物 ────────────────────────────── Digital Age Casualties (1)より。
Objects that come from or relate to America are referred to as Americana, especially when they are in a collection.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Digital Age Casualties (5) 1/30-31 2008"
まだコメントがありません。 -