inundate

英 [ˈɪnʌndeɪt]

美 [ˈɪnʌndeɪt]

v.  使不胜负荷; 使应接不暇; 淹没; 泛滥

过去分词：inundated　过去式：inundated　现在分词：inundating　第三人称单数：inundates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13958 / COCA.13018

牛津词典

verb

• 使不胜负荷；使应接不暇
  to give or send sb so many things that they cannot deal with them all
  1. We have been inundated with offers of help.
     主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• 淹没；泛滥
  to cover an area of land with a large amount of water

柯林斯词典

• VERB (信件、要求、请求等)使应接不暇,使不胜负荷
  If you say that youare inundated withthings such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all.
  1. Her office was inundated with requests for tickets...
     她所在的售票处收到铺天盖地的购票请求。
  2. They have inundated me with fan letters.
     他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。
• VERB 淹没;泛滥
  If an area of land isinundated, it becomes covered with water.
  1. Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
     他们的街区正被科罗拉多河上涨的河水淹没。

英英释义

verb

• fill or cover completely, usually with water
  Synonym:delugesubmerge
• fill quickly beyond capacity
  1. the basement was inundated after the storm
  2. The images flooded his mind
  Synonym:delugefloodswamp

双语例句

• As many as 1,000 soldiers and engineers are trying desperately to dig channels through the mud and rocks, using explosives and mechanical equipment airlifted to the site, to allow water to drain away without causing a catastrophic failure that could inundate more than 1m people living downstream.
  利用炸药和空运至此的机械设备，将近1000名士兵与工程技术人员正在力图在泥石之中挖出一条沟渠，引流泻洪，避免出现可能水淹下游100万居民的灾难性溃堤。
• Deluge: To overrun with water; inundate.
  淹没：被水淹没；使泛滥。
• Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
  他们的街区正被科罗拉多河上涨的河水淹没。
• In this paper, introducing the way for ascertain design flood water level of inundate area using Saint-Venant equations and some special methods.
  在内涝区采用圣维南方程组及一些特殊处理的方法来推求设计洪水位是比较科学的。
• The reservoir of Longtan Hydropower Station will inundate some areas of Guizhou and Guangxi Provinces, with large inundation area and a lot of relocated people.
  龙滩水电站水库淹没涉及贵州、广西两省区，淹没面积大、移民人数多。
• The major reasons for the inundate modern international terrorism are: wrangling over nationalities, religions and territories;
  现代国际恐怖主义泛滥的主要原因是民族、宗教、领土纷争；
• So please do not inundate the developer with e-mail's requesting support!
  所以请不要随便向开发者发送请求支持的电子邮件！
• The course changes frequently, and the area is so flat that a small change in the level of the river may inundate a considerable area.
  河道变化多端，下游地区却很平坦，水位少许上涨河流就会淹没一大片土地。
• The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Ethiopia, where seasonal rains cause the annual floods that inundate the Nile Valley with water and silt.
  青尼罗河发源于埃塞俄比亚的群山之中，那里每逢雨季，山洪暴发，大量的雨水和泥沙注入尼罗河河谷。
• Alarm about the fiscal cliff has spread across a swath of us business, the Federal Reserve said yesterday as President Barack Obama appealed to middle-class Americans to inundate Congress with demands to reach a budget deal.
  美联储（fed）昨日表示，对于财政悬崖的恐慌已扩散到美国企业界，同时美国总统巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）呼吁美国中产阶级，向国会发出达成预算协议的强烈要求。