engulfing

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的现在分词

COCA.43887

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thingengulfsanother, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  1. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...
     山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。
  2. The flat is engulfed in flames.
     那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• VERB 使陷入（某种感觉或情绪）
  If a feeling or emotionengulfsyou, you are strongly affected by it.
  1. ...the pain that engulfed him...
     将他吞噬的苦痛
  2. He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
     他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

双语例句

• But many of those present at this and a series of other town hall meetings were left angry by the apparent failure to confront the reality of the crisis engulfing the company.
  但在场的许多人，以及出席其它市政厅会议的许多人，都对这种明显不能正视危机正在席卷公司这一现实的态度感到愤怒。
• As the Israelis pulled back to re-group the Syrian commandos attacked, engulfing the column in a barrage of RPGs.
  当以色列人后撤重新集结时，叙利亚突击队发动了攻击，用RPG弹幕吞没了以色列纵队。
• Akio Toyoda, Toyota's chief executive, assured US lawmakers on Wednesday that the crisis engulfing the carmaker had taught him to put more emphasis on feedback from customers and better information sharing in his global company.
  丰田（Toyota）首席执行官丰田章男（AkioToyoda）周三向美国议员保证，丰田此次遭遇的危机教育了他，要更加重视消费者的反馈意见，增进这家全球化企业的信息共享。
• The yen staged an extraordinary surge yesterday, rising on a flight to safety by investors as the crisis engulfing global financial markets intensified.
  在席卷全球金融市场的危机加剧之际，投资者纷纷寻求安全的投资，导致日元昨日大幅飙升。
• A spat between eurozone governments and the International Monetary Fund has underlined the scale of the economic crisis still engulfing Greece.
  欧元区各国政府与国际货币基金组织（imf）的争执突显出希腊经济危机的严重性。
• But are they strong enough to stop the violence that is engulfing the world?
  但他们有足够的力量阻止吞噬这世界的烽火吗？
• The bribery allegations engulfing Siemens, the German industrial group, provide one recent high-profile example.
  涉及德国工业集团西门子（siemens）的行贿指控，提供了一个引人注目的最新例证。
• A credit crisis is engulfing the US and Europe, said Mr Fink, an Anderson alumnus and UCLA graduate.
  作为安德森商学院及加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业生的芬克表示：一场信贷危机正在席卷美国和欧洲。
• Through about ten years development, the creativity industries economy is engulfing the entire world by the vigorous potential.
  创意产业经济经过近十年的发展，正以蓬勃之势席卷全球。
• The technological revolution now engulfing the modern world has penetrated almost all aspects of daily life.
  科技革命支配整个现代社会，也渗入我们日常生活里几乎每一环节。