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 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。
• After deep research on the two-dimensional flood numerical simulation, the paper constructs the two-dimensional numerical flood model on digital earth platform, and simulates the flood routing. A DEM based flood inundate rendering algorithm is proposed.
  在深入研究水力学二维洪水数值模拟技术的基础上，以数字地球平台为基础，本文构建了二维洪水演进的数值模型，并模拟了洪水演进。提出了一种基于DEM的洪水淹没表现算法。
• Deluge: To overrun with water; inundate.
  淹没：被水淹没；使泛滥。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Application of Hydraulics Method to Ascertain Design Flood Level in Inundate Area
  应用水力学方法推求内涝区设计洪水位
• I should inundate her with letters of recommendation!
  我要用推荐信淹死她！
• 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。