inundated

英 [ˈɪnʌndeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈɪnʌndeɪtɪd]

v.  使不胜负荷; 使应接不暇; 淹没; 泛滥
inundate的过去分词和过去式

COCA.42221

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

adj

• covered with water
  1. the main deck was afloat (or awash)
  2. the monsoon left the whole place awash
  3. a flooded bathroom
  4. inundated farmlands
  5. an overflowing tub
  Synonym:afloat(p)awash(p)floodedoverflowing

双语例句

• The valley was completely inundated within half an hour.
  不到半小时山谷完全被淹没了。
• In Beijing, magic schools and magic prop stores have been inundated.
  在北京，魔术学校和魔术道具商店已经泛滥。
• Glasgow and Edinburgh were inundated with indigent refugees.
  格拉斯哥和爱丁堡被贫困的难民所淹没。
• Maybe you have to be informed, but you don't have to be inundated.
  也许你确实需要了解情况，但你没有必要将自己淹没在其中。
• We are bombarded by advertisers and inundated with fast food joints.
  我们被广告商投放的垃圾食品广告以及快餐店淹没了。
• Paul's home at Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen has been inundated with visitors and media from across Europe.
  保罗所生活的奥伯豪森海洋世界水族馆被游客和来自欧洲各国的媒体围得水泄不通。
• Flood invaded downtown, leaving the ground floor of houses inundated.
  洪水侵入市中心，很多房屋的一楼浸在水中。
• This manager of human resources was inundated with/ overwhelmed by numerous applications.
  这位人力资源经理被无数的申请表淹没了。
• A huge avalanche Saturday inundated US Route 40 west of Denver.
  一场巨大雪崩淹没了丹佛西面的40号公路路段。
• The blogosphere has been inundated with people mocking the new salutation and proposing alternative greetings.
  博客世界里充满了人们对这种新问候语的嘲弄和其他供选择的问候语的建议。