1. 壓倒一切的;首要的;最為重要的 In a particular situation, the overriding factor is the one that is the most important.
e.g. My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education... 我最關(guān)心的是提高國民教育水平。 e.g. Given the overriding need to cut the budget deficit, the administration will ask congress for only $15 million this summer. 考慮到當務(wù)之急是削減預算赤字,今年夏天政府只計劃向國會(huì )申請1,500萬(wàn)美元的預算。
overriding英英釋義
adj
1. having superior power and influence
e.g. the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism