1. They come only when something overpowers you, overwhelms you. 仅仅当事情压倒你、淹没你的时候，他们来。
2. A country overpowers individuals by monopolizing social resources and rigid system of restricting identity. 国家通过垄断社会资源和严格的身份制度来实现对个人的全面控制。
3. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils. 但有一个比他更壮的来、胜过他、就夺去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器、又分了他的赃。
4. In some cases, it matters too much — as when the chosen process overpowers the project team and makes the team unable to satisfy the customer. 有些情况下它是十分重要的——比如当已经选择的过程超过了这个团队的能力，使团队不能够满足顾客的需求的时候。
5. Then we're offered a plateful of pancakes smothered in maple syrup, our appetite overpowers our reason, and before we know it, we're at it again. 然后一碟涂满槭糖浆的煎饼摆在面前，我们的食欲战胜了我们的理智，等到我们意识到它的时候，我们又重蹈覆辙了。
