inundate
pronunciation
UK [ˈɪnʌndeɪt]
US [ˈɪnʌnˌdet, ˈɪnən-]
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- vt.
- 淹没
- 泛滥
- （洪水般的）扑来
- 使充满
Word Origin
inundate 淹没，使应接不暇
in-,进入，使，-und,流动，波浪，词源同undulate,water.即流进来的，淹没，引申词义应接不暇。
Example
- 1. In japan the interruption to electricity supply means that output has been affected even in areas the tsunami did not directly inundate .
- 断电对日本来说，意味着即使在没有被海啸直接淹没的地区，生产也受到了影响。
- 2. The major reasons for the inundate modern international terrorism are : wrangling over nationalities , religions and territories .
- 现代国际恐怖主义泛滥的主要原因是民族、宗教、领土纷争。
- 3. Kari was one of the few people in america without e-mail on her computer ; she was sure that dale would find her address and inundate her with messages .
- kari没有电子邮箱，这种没有邮箱的美国人真是为数不多，因为她确信dale会找到她的邮箱然后用邮件将她淹没。
- 4. ' The situation is expected to get worse as the second and third waves of floods inundate more lands and uproot more people , ' mr. qureshi said .
- 库雷希说，随着第二波、第三波洪水淹没更多土地，迫使更多人离乡背井，预计情况还会变得更加严重。
- 5. If that happened again it would displace a billion people and inundate most of the world 's biggest cities , including new york , london and mumbai .
- 如果这样的情况再度发生的话，纽约、伦敦和孟买这些世界上最大的城市将被淹没，十亿众将被迫迁移。
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