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词汇 deluging
释义 deluging
present 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。
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Examples of deluging


deluging

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


No wonder they are deluging everyone they can think of with desperate letters.
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Hansard archive

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Certainly no further encouragement is given to new and potential fruit growers by reason of this unfortunate policy of deluging our markets with competitive products from overseas.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
By deluging his teachers with piercing questions, making them uneasy and frequently forcing them to admit ignorance, he was considered a terribly mischievous student.
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Wikipedia

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This actually expanded his ministry, with reporters and worshippers deluging his prison cell.
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