学个词Learn a Word 第1605-inundate

　　今天我们要学的词是 inundate¹.  Inundate 是泛滥，淹没的意思。The police hotline is inundated² with tips. 警察局的热线电话收到了无数条线索。Thousands of illegal immigrants inundated the LA school district with requests for copies of thier school records that will help them stay in the U.S. 为了能继续留在美国，数以千计的非法移民申请得到已往成绩单的复印件，让洛杉矶学区难以招架。动荡的局势让很多叙利亚人外出逃难。Neighboring countries are inundated with refugees from Syria. 周边国家都面临大批来自叙利亚的难民潮。好的，今天我们学习的词是 inundate, inundate, inundate....

1 inundate   

vt.淹没，泛滥，压倒

参考例句：

• If the dam breaks,it will inundate large parts of the town.如果水坝坍塌，该城的大部分将被淹没。
• The course changes frequently,and the area is so flat that a small change in the level of the river may inundate a considerable area.河道变化多端，下游地区却很平坦，水位少许上涨河流就会淹没一大片土地。

2 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》