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

• 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。
• 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
• When the river burst Its bank the field be Inundate
  河岸决堤后，田地遭洪水淹没
• I should inundate her with letters of recommendation!
  我要用推荐信淹死她！
• Deluge: To overrun with water; inundate.
  淹没：被水淹没；使泛滥。
• 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 Study of Inundate Destroy Mechanism of Loess
  黄土浸水破坏机理研究
• 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。
• 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。
• They have inundated me with fan letters.
  他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。