inundate
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth(with sth) (fml 文) cover sth with water by overflowing; flood 泛滥; 淹没
When the river burst its banks the fields were inundated. 河岸决堤後, 田地遭洪水淹没.
2 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (with sth) (fig 比喻) give or send sb so many things that he can hardly deal with them all; overwhelm 给予或交予某人很多事物使之难以应付; 使某人不胜负荷
We were inundated with enquiries. 查询的人很多, 我们应接不暇.
Why don't you hire a car and drive around for a couple of weeks?
你为什么不租部车四处转上一两个星期呢?
One of the first things Annie did was to teach me how to play.
安妮首先要做的事情之一,就是教我如何耍。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.