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

• 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。
• John: Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.
  约翰：大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
• 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。
• If you're looking for an affordable life insurance rate, you're inundated with choice.
  如果您正在寻找一个可负担得起的人寿保险率，你就淹没了选择。
• They have inundated me with fan letters.
  他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。
• The low areas were inundated by floods.
  低洼地区被洪水淹没了。
• Floodwaters inundated thousands of mu of farmland.
  洪水淹浸了数千亩农田。
• The office was inundated with complaints about the washing machines.
  办公室到处是对洗衣机的抱怨声。
• When the Chinese market was inundated with fake and poor-quality commodities, Weizhi's policy won consumers'confidence and trust.
  当中国市场上假冒伪劣产品泛滥的时候，伟志的做法赢得了消费者的信心和信任。
• The flood inundated the whole district.
  洪水淹没了整个地区。