overcome

conquer, overcome, overthrow, defeat, beat, subdue

这些动词均含“征服，战胜”之意。
conquer: 侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome: 多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow: 指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat: 普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat: 口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。
subdue: 正式用词，与conquer同义，但强调失败后的臣服状态；也可用作借喻，表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。

动词 overcome:

1. win a victory over
   同义词：get the better of, defeat
2. get on top of; deal with successfully
   同义词：get over, subdue, surmount, master
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
   同义词：overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overtake
4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
   同义词：get the best, have the best

1. There will be no difficulty in the world that they cannot overcome.
   世界上任何困难他们都可以克服。
2. It is greatly to your credit that you have overcome such difficulties.
   你们克服了这么大的困难，值得表扬。
3. After she'd overcome her initial shyness, she became very friendly.
   她克服了开始时的羞涩之后，就变得非常友善。
4. We need a spirit of enterprise if we are to overcome our difficulties.
   如果我们要克服困难，我们就要有进取精神。
5. He was overcome by their entreaties.
   他屈从了他们的请求。
6. Can you overcome your shortcomings?
   你可以克服你的缺点吗？