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

• 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。
• 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
• In order to achieve this goal, underground exploration is an inundate tendency for the future development of the modern city.
  为了达到这一目标，城市地下空间的开发是未来城市发展势不可挡的趋势。
• Settlement Analyses And Reinforcement Strengthening Of Loessial Subsoil After Inundate
  黄土状地基土浸水后的沉降分析及补强加固
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。