inundate

1. V-T If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all. 被 (大量信件或請(qǐng)求等) 淹沒(méi)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Her office was inundated with requests for tickets. 她的辦公室接到了鋪天蓋地的索票請(qǐng)求。

2. V-T If an area of land is inundated, it becomes covered with water. 淹沒(méi)[usu passive]

Their neighbourhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River. 他們的臨近區(qū)域正被科羅拉多河不斷上漲的河水所淹沒(méi)。