inundation

英 [ˌɪnʌnˈdeɪʃən]

美 [ˌɪnənˈdeɪʃən]

n.  洪水泛滥；淹没；水灾，洪水

复数：inundations　

BNC.38057 / COCA.28168

英英释义

noun

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  1. plains fertilized by annual inundations
  Synonym:flooddelugealluvion
• an overwhelming number or amount
  1. a flood of requests
  2. a torrent of abuse
  Synonym:flooddelugetorrent

双语例句

• Here and there, especially at first, the inundation started on them and swept by;
  在某些地方人潮还从他们身边卷过，特别是刚开始的时候；
• In China, the impact from glaciers retreat are more obvious with each passing day, including water resource shortage, frequent inundation, wet land retreat and reduced stability of river system etc.
  在中国，冰山的退化所产生的影响日趋明显，其中包括水资源短缺、水患频发、湿地退化和河流系统稳定性降低等。
• Surely, we cannot attribute the social situation of poverty and weakness and the incompetent military forces completely to inundation of the Yellow River and other natural disasters. however, these factors should also not be neglected.
  当然，不能把北宋积贫积弱的社会状况和孱弱的军事力量完全归咎于黄河水灾以及其他的自然灾害，但是，这些因素也是不应该被忽视的。
• The data for this example is geographical data about the cities and the tsunami inundation line in the state of Oregon.
  本例使用的数据包括一些城市的地理数据和Oregon州的海啸影响范围。
• Agricultural land may take years to recover fully from the inundation, while dead livestock will have to be replaced to allow farmers to restore their livelihoods.
  农田可能需要数年时间从水灾中完全恢复，而农民要恢复生计，还须更换死亡的牲口。
• Many cities are on the coasts, vulnerable to storms, inundation and sea level rise.
  许多城市都位于沿海地区，易受暴风雨、洪水和海平面上升的威胁。
• These are coastal cities, all, thus subject to inundation from the sea or slow draining rivers due to scarce difference in sea level elevation, all signs of sinking.
  这些全都是沿海城市，因此会由于海拔的稍稍变化而遭受到来自于海洋的洪水和河流排水缓慢，这都是下沉的迹象。
• The threat of inundation or flood is a feature of coastal life.
  洪水的威胁是沿海生活的一个特点。
• The gushing of groundwater in Olpad on the west coast shows without a doubt that India is sinking, as does the inundation by sea water at Gopalpur on the east coast.
  西海岸的古吉拉特邦地下水的涌出无疑显示了印度正在下沉，还有东海岸的戈巴尔布尔海水形成的洪水同样是证据。
• With increasing inundation duration, the leaf proline and MDA contents and SOD activity increased after an initial decrease, while the leaf chlorophyll content decreased gradually.
  随着淹水时间的增长，脯氨酸含量、MDA含量和SOD活性均先下降后上升，叶绿素含量则逐渐降低。