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

• 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。
• 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。
• In B.gymnorrhiza, cortex thickness decreased with prolonged inundation, and cortex thickness to stem diameter kept constant, which might result in the low tolerance to waterlogging.
  根系皮层厚度随着淹水时间的延长显著下降，皮层厚度与根直径的比值则基本无变化，这可能是造成木榄耐淹能力不强的原因之一。
• The second part is devoted to flood hazard and inundation analysis.
  第二部分致力于洪水危害和淹没分析。
• 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。
• Decadal Climate Variation and Inundation over the Changjiang River Basin in 1998
  年代际气候变化与1998年长江大水
• Fishermen in northern Japan are braced for a "massive" inundation of huge Nomura's jellyfish this autumn.
  今年秋天，在日本北部的渔民受到庞大的越前水母的侵袭。
• 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。
• Though inundation is the joint outcome of natural calamity and man-made calamity, man-made calamity is a basic reason and need us to explore more.
  尽管水灾害的发生是“天灾”与“人祸”共同作用的结果，然而从根源上讲，“人祸”的原因更是我们需要探索和重视的。
• Also at the briefing, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the inundation of her country demonstrates the importance of nations engaging in joint disaster preparedness planning.
  泰国总理英拉•西那瓦（YingluckShinawatra）在新闻发布会上表示，泰国遭遇洪水灾难一事表明各国联合规划抗灾的准备工作具有重要意义。