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

• 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。
• 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 authors study the inundation loss and reserve land resource in the main inundated area of Hanyuan County in Pubugou reservoir region and give the preliminary opinions and suggestions on Hanyuan migration settlement.
  本文通过对瀑布沟水库主要淹没区汉源县淹没损失以及土地后备资源的分析，提出了汉源县移民安置的初步意见和建议。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This star was the most important of the stars to the ancient Egyptians, and the heliacal rising of this star came at the time of inundation and the start of the Egyptian New Year.
  这颗星对古埃及人来讲是最重要的星，而且这颗星与太阳一同升起的时间就是洪水和埃及新年开始的时间。