(compare this to a mechanical artifact of overwhelming complexity such as the space shuttle, which has 250,000 parts, only a small percentage of which are moving parts)

（可以把这些软件和类似于航天飞机这样的极为复杂的机械物品相比较，航天飞机有25万个部件，不过其中只有一小部分是能够活动的）

To win overwhelming approval from an audience.

博得全场观众的喝彩

The overwhelming majority of software programs today are implementation centric in that they show us, without any hint of shame, precisely how they are built.

今天，绝大多数的软件程序是以实现为中心的，因为它们毫不迟疑地向用户展示了系统精确的构建方式。

The development of economy mainly hinges on social stability. Therefore, the overwhelming issue at present is to maintain stability.

经济的发展更多地依赖于社会的稳定。因此，当前压倒一切的问题是保持稳定。

※Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly controlling my life: the longing  for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. Bertrand Russell, British philosopher——有三种质朴而又十分强烈的激情一直支配着我的人生——对爱之渴望，——对知识的求索，——对人类苦难的无限怜悯。英国哲学家   罗素.B.