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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Seaweed banks up along the water's edge. When the river burst Its bank the field be Inundate
  海草沿着水边丛生，形成堤岸状。河岸决堤后，田地遭洪水淹没
• As the stores inundate us with cards, tokens, and advertisements, and we begin to dream of red hearts as we sleep, it's easy to feel a sense of obligation to join the romantic hysteria.
  当商店充斥着情人节卡片，节日标号和广告时，而我们做梦时也梦见那一颗颗红心的时候，很容易不自觉感到浪漫的兴奋。
• When the river burst Its bank the field be Inundate
  河岸决堤后，田地遭洪水淹没
• 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。
• Most wealth managers will not inundate you with performance and risk measures.
  大多数理财机构都不会给你推荐太多的业绩和风险衡量指标。
• 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。