be swamped with work
collocation被工作压得喘不过气
She was swamped with work before the deadline.
截止日期前，她被工作压得喘不过气。
淹没；浸湿
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淹没；浸湿
To drench or submerge, or to become drenched or submerged.
Heavy rain swamped the small village, and people had to move to higher ground.
大雨淹没了小村庄，人们不得不搬到高处。
用水浸透或填满
To drench or fill with water.
压倒；使过于忙碌或超出能力
To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
陷入困境和危险；压倒；毁坏；破坏
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
浸湿或淹没,或被浸湿或淹没
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp
Base
原形
swamps
3rd person
第三人称单数
swamping
-ing
现在分词
swamped
Past
过去式
swamped
Past participle
过去分词
The rain often swamps the low-lying areas.
雨水常常淹没低洼地区。
The flood swamped the entire village last year.
去年洪水淹没了整个村庄。
The boat has been swamped by the huge wave.
小船被巨浪淹没了。
I'm swamped with deadlines this week, so I can't meet you for lunch.
这周我被截止日期压得喘不过气来，所以没法和你吃午饭。
AI contextual example
The company's website was swamped by so many visitors that it stopped working.
这家公司的网站被大量访问者挤爆，无法正常运行。
AI contextual example
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
海啸淹没了港口的每一艘船
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被工作压得喘不过气
She was swamped with work before the deadline.
截止日期前，她被工作压得喘不过气。
充斥市场
Cheap imports swamped the domestic market.
廉价进口商品充斥了国内市场。
使船灌水沉没
The heavy rain swamped their boat.
大雨使他们的船灌水沉没了。
被债务压垮
Many families are swamped by debt.
许多家庭被债务压垮。
使系统不堪重负
The huge number of users swamped the system.
海量用户使系统不堪重负。
被（工作、请求等）淹没；忙于应付
I can't come to the phone; I'm swamped with calls.
我没法接电话，电话多得应付不过来。
（商品）大量涌入市场；充斥市场
Cheap imports have swamped the local market.
廉价进口商品充斥了本地市场。
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把 swamp 想成‘湿地沼泽’：水漫上来淹没一切，事情多到把人压垮。
语域：mixed 常见场景：flood and weather reports、work and busy schedules、crisis and overwhelming events swamp 作动词时，字面义（淹没、浸湿）多用于书面或正式语境，如洪水描写；引申义（使忙不过来、压垮）在日常口语和书面语中都很常见，如 be swamped with work。整体语气随搭配和语境变化，正式与非正式场合都可能出现。
既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词
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