engulfing

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的现在分词

COCA.43887

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thingengulfsanother, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  1. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...
     山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。
  2. The flat is engulfed in flames.
     那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• VERB 使陷入（某种感觉或情绪）
  If a feeling or emotionengulfsyou, you are strongly affected by it.
  1. ...the pain that engulfed him...
     将他吞噬的苦痛
  2. He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
     他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

双语例句

• A credit crisis is engulfing the US and Europe, said Mr Fink, an Anderson alumnus and UCLA graduate.
  作为安德森商学院及加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业生的芬克表示：一场信贷危机正在席卷美国和欧洲。
• Akio Toyoda, Toyota's chief executive, assured US lawmakers on Wednesday that the crisis engulfing the carmaker had taught him to put more emphasis on feedback from customers and better information sharing in his global company.
  丰田（Toyota）首席执行官丰田章男（AkioToyoda）周三向美国议员保证，丰田此次遭遇的危机教育了他，要更加重视消费者的反馈意见，增进这家全球化企业的信息共享。
• Slowly engulfing all my senses.
  慢慢地吞噬我所有的理智。
• The bribery allegations engulfing Siemens, the German industrial group, provide one recent high-profile example.
  涉及德国工业集团西门子（siemens）的行贿指控，提供了一个引人注目的最新例证。
• The fictional character Walter Mitty created a better life for himself by engulfing himself in his dreams.
  虚构特性华尔特·米蒂由在他的梦吞没他自己为他自己创造了更好的生活。
• The desert is engulfing our world, but that fellow is still considering how much his imagine can be glorified after the Arbor Day's show.
  沙漠正在吞噬我们这个世界，而那个家伙却在考虑这场植树节表演后他的形象是否会更加光辉灿烂一点。
• The technological revolution now engulfing the modern world has penetrated almost all aspects of daily life.
  科技革命支配整个现代社会，也渗入我们日常生活里几乎每一环节。
• Hurricanes do not keep engulfing New York.
  飓风不会一直肆虐纽约。
• Congressional probes of multiple scandals engulfing the Obama administration are continuing.
  国会对奥巴马政府的多个丑闻调查仍在继续。
• The global financial crisis is engulfing the country's small and medium enterprises, tens of thousands of small and medium enterprises in China is facing a severe financial crisis.
  这场波及全球的金融危机正在吞噬着我国中小企业，我国数以万计的中小企业正面临严峻的财务危机。