inundate
inundate 英 [ˈɪnʌndeɪt] 美 [ˈɪnʌnˌdet, ˈɪnən-]
vt. 淹没；泛滥；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来
进行时:inundating 过去式:inundated 过去分词:inundated 第三人称单数:inundates
- To inundate means to quickly fill up or overwhelm, just like a flood. Your bathroom could be inundated with water if the pipes burst, and hopefully your inbox is inundated with nice emails on your birthday.
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- vt. 淹没；泛滥；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来
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1. The Mississippi River crested at Vicksburg yesterday at a record high of 14.1 feet above flood stage, but did not breach the main levee or inundate the city.
昨天密西西比河洪水到达维克斯堡的水位超出警戒水位14.1英尺，但是并没有损坏主堤，也没有淹没整个城市。
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2. If this phenomenon, called "outgassing," were to kick in, it could inundate the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, perhaps doubling or tripling the effect of the past century of human industry.
如果这种被称为“出气”的现象开始发挥作用，它可能以二氧化碳淹没大气，也许比过去一个世纪人类工业的影响还要大一倍或两倍。
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3. The earthquake took there a tsunami that could inundate low-lying lands as far away as Japan.
地震在这些地带引发了一次海啸，远至日本的一些低地都被海水淹没。
- inundate (v.) 1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (source also of Spanish inundar, French inonder). Related: Inundated; inundating.
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