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.- 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。 - They have inundated me with fan letters.
他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。
- Her office was inundated with requests for tickets...
- VERB 淹没;泛滥
If an area of land isinundated, it becomes covered with water.- 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。
- Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
英英释义
adj
- covered with water
- the main deck was afloat (or awash)
- the monsoon left the whole place awash
- a flooded bathroom
- inundated farmlands
- an overflowing tub
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You were inundated by people from all over the world and expectations were raised to an absolutely impossible level.
来自世界各地的人令你应接不暇,人们对你的期望值提高到了一种完全无法企及的水平。 - The basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind.
暴风雨之后地下室被淹没了;他的肖像掩盖了他的思想。 - The newlyweds have been inundated with good luck messages.
新婚夫妇收到了纷至沓来的美好祝愿。 - 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。 - The board has been inundated with complaints about your intimate relationship with that pretty assistant of yours.
董事会被有关你和你那个飘来那个助手之间的亲密关系的投诉淹没了。 - 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。 - She was inundated with telephone calls and begging letters.
她接到的电话和恳求信多得应接不暇。