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。
淹没
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淹没
to flood or cover with water
The office was inundated with phone calls.
办公室被电话淹没。
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After the heavy rain, the low-lying fields were inundated with water.
大雨过后,低洼的田地都被水淹没了。
The customer service team was inundated with complaints after the product recall.
产品召回后,客服团队收到了大量投诉,应接不暇。
Our inbox is inundated with spam emails every day.
我们的收件箱每天都被垃圾邮件淹没。
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。
强调动作的施动者。
The city was inundated by floodwaters.
城市被洪水淹没。
作为形容词修饰名词。
inundated areas
被淹没的区域
Not this
The office was inundated in emails.
Use this
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。
Not this
We inundated with work last week.
Use this
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。
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