flood
淹没,泛滥;使满溢
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the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise .海平面上升时这些岛屿可能会被最先淹没。
〈喻〉 压倒,控制,制服
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we've been inundated with complaints from listeners .听众的投诉让我们应接不暇。
"late 16th cent.: from Latin