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 (大量信件或请求等) 淹没 [强调]
Her office was inundated with requests for tickets.
她的办公室接到了铺天盖地的索票请求。
V-T If an area of land is inundated, it becomes covered with water. 淹没 [usu passive]
Their neighbourhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
他们的临近区域正被科罗拉多河不断上涨的河水所淹没。
The deluge killed at least 220 people, inundating most of the country and pouring into some of the ancient temples at Ayutthaya.
洪水在全国大部地区肆虐，淹没了一些位于艾尤塔雅的古寺庙，并至少造成220人死亡。
During his sixth year on the throne, the Nile swelled from rains, inundating the valleys and yielding a spectacular harvest of grain without sweeping away any villages.
在他即位的第六年，尼罗河因为连日暴雨而水位上涨，淹没了河谷，但是却是当年谷物丰收而没有摧毁任何村落。
But he is also an able guide to the details of such negotiations.That he is able to do this without inundating readers with a flood of incomprehensible acronyms is no mean feat.
他能够让读者更加了解这些谈判的细节，而且不用一大堆难以理解的缩略词来充斥他们的大脑，毫无疑问，这点相当成功。
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