To overbear someone or something is to press them down until they lose — by force, by weight, or by a stronger will. It is an old, rather bookish verb.

To overbear someone or something isoverbear壓制某人或某事，是 to press them down把他們壓下去 until they lose直到他們輸掉為止 — by force, by weight, or by a stronger will——靠力氣、靠份量，或靠更強的意志力. It is an old, rather bookish verb它是一個老派、相當書面的動詞.

You might find it in a history text: one side overbears the other. The picture is bearing down from above, not the animal called a bear.

You might find it in a history text你可能會在歷史文本裡找到它: one side overbears the other：一方壓制另一方. The picture is這個字的畫面是 bearing down from above從上方壓下來, not the animal called a bear，不是那種叫做bear熊的動物.

Though actually, almost nobody uses this verb in daily talk. What people do use is overbearing, the adjective for a person who always pushes others.

Though actually, almost nobody uses this verb in daily talk不過，其實幾乎沒有人在日常對話裡用這個動詞. What people do use is人們真正會用的是 overbearingoverbearing, the adjective for a person，這個形容詞用來形容一個人 who always pushes others，老是逼迫別人的人.

There is also a garden use, where a tree overbears if it grows too much fruit and tires itself — that is a different job for the same pieces, and not this sense. If you need a living word for “defeat”, you want beat, defeat, or overwhelm; keep overbear for the page it still lives on.

There is also a garden use還有一個園藝上的用法, where a tree overbears：如果一棵樹overbear if it grows too much fruit and tires itself，結太多果實、把自己累壞了 — that is a different job for the same pieces——這是同樣的字用在不同工作上, and not this sense，不是這個詞義. If you need a living word for "defeat"如果你需要一個活生生的字來表達「defeat打敗」, you want beat, defeat, or overwhelm，你要用beat、defeat或overwhelm; keep overbear for the page it still lives on；把overbear留給它還存在的那個文本頁面.