| 词汇 | deluged |
| 释义 | deluged past simple and past participle ofdeluge deluge verb[ Tusually passive ] uk /ˈdel.juːdʒ/ us /ˈdel.juːdʒ/ to cover something with a lot of water: 淹没 The city was deluged when the river burst its banks.河流决口淹没了这座城市。 figurativeWe've been deluged with(= have received a lot of) replies.纷至沓来的回信使我们应接不暇。 Wet weather & wetness clammily clamminess clammy damp damply dampness dankly douse flooded moisten monsoon rehydration remoisten rewet saturation semi-dry sleety soak soaked sodden Examples of delugeddeluged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They were successful because they used literate, educated men as lawyers and letter writers, and deluged different branches of the colonial state with their concerns. They were deluged by the new legislation being broadcast to the provinces, much of it impossible to apply in practice. If the contexts are too general, the designer will be deluged with irrelevant requirements. We are deluged by statutory regulations and it is a matter of very great concern to the business community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been deluged with social studies and economic advice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not been deluged with letters of support, but we have certainly had almost no evidence of hostility to change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ombudsman should not be deluged by day-to-day matters of the supervision of individual pensions schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tinned herring have been thoroughly spoiled for anyone with any sense of taste by being deluged in cheap tomato sauce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is deluged with letters from people in this country who want help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one wishes to see the commission deluged with work on sentence cases to the detriment of its work on possible wrongful convictions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the light of that, one can understand why this place has been deluged by 60,000 workers today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is on the point that this blatant party political propaganda was unsolicited by the schools which have been deluged with booklets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Problems arise only when - as sometimes happens - a country such as this one is deluged with too much money. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are deluged by it; it is in the air, and all around us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been deluged by mail on this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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