Word
inundated
/ˈɪnəndeɪtɪd/
verb
淹没
to flood or cover with water
使应接不暇；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
In use
After the heavy rain, the low-lying fields were inundated with water.
The customer service team was inundated with complaints after the product recall.
Our inbox is inundated with spam emails every day.
be inundated with [noun phrase]
常用于表示被大量事物（如工作、请求）淹没。
The office was inundated with phone calls.
办公室被电话淹没。
be inundated by [noun phrase]
强调动作的施动者。
The city was inundated by floodwaters.
城市被洪水淹没。
inundated [noun]
作为形容词修饰名词。
inundated areas
被淹没的区域
Common mistakes
The office was inundated in emails.The office was inundated with emails.
介词误用：表示“被淹没”或“应接不暇”时，inundated 后应接 with (表示充满) 或 by (表示施动者)，而非 in。中文母语者常受“淹没在”的影响而误用 in。
We inundated with work last week.We were inundated with work last week.
语态缺失：inundated 是及物动词的过去分词，作谓语时必须与 be 动词连用构成被动语态，表示主语被给予太多事物而难以应付。中文可能受主动用法影响而遗漏 be 动词。
Connections
Confusing words
- flooded
- 被水淹没的 · inundated 可指抽象“应接不暇”，而 flooded 更具体指水淹。
- overwhelmed
- 被压倒的；不知所措的 · inundated 强调数量巨大而难以应付，overwhelmed 强调情感或压力上的崩溃。
Word family
- inundate
- 淹没 · v
- inundation
- 洪水 · n
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.