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

• 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。
• 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。
• The gushing of groundwater in Olpad on the west coast shows without a doubt that India is sinking, as does the inundation by sea water at Gopalpur on the east coast.
  西海岸的古吉拉特邦地下水的涌出无疑显示了印度正在下沉，还有东海岸的戈巴尔布尔海水形成的洪水同样是证据。
• Marine inundation features and its significance of sequence stratigraphy of Eogene in central Hebei
  冀中地区早第三纪海泛特征及其层序地层学意义
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Agricultural land may take years to recover fully from the inundation, while dead livestock will have to be replaced to allow farmers to restore their livelihoods.
  农田可能需要数年时间从水灾中完全恢复，而农民要恢复生计，还须更换死亡的牲口。
• In China, the impact from glaciers retreat are more obvious with each passing day, including water resource shortage, frequent inundation, wet land retreat and reduced stability of river system etc.
  在中国，冰山的退化所产生的影响日趋明显，其中包括水资源短缺、水患频发、湿地退化和河流系统稳定性降低等。
• In B.gymnorrhiza, cortex thickness decreased with prolonged inundation, and cortex thickness to stem diameter kept constant, which might result in the low tolerance to waterlogging.
  根系皮层厚度随着淹水时间的延长显著下降，皮层厚度与根直径的比值则基本无变化，这可能是造成木榄耐淹能力不强的原因之一。