overwhelm的英语问题

What was this element in life that could seize and overwhelm one as does a great wind? 这句话是什么意思?

这句话来自于一本文学著作,Jennie Gerhardt(by Theodore Dreiser)

What was this element in life that could seize and overwhelm one as does a great wind?
大体翻译一下:这究竟是生命中的一种什么元素,能像狂风一样(轻易)控制/攫取、压倒一个人?

overwhelm vt. 淹没, 打击,压倒,制服

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.如果我不能以质量压倒,我就一定要以数量压倒。
The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。
Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.你的好意使我感激难言。
Government troops have overwhelmed the rebels and seized control of the capital.政府军队已经镇压了叛军,并掌控了主动权。
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