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词根词缀 词根 und= to overflow, to wave 溢出；波动 abound v. 充满 ab 加强 + ound〔= und〕溢出；波动 → 溢出 → 充满 abundant adj. 丰富的 ab 加强 + und 溢出；波动 + ant …的 →〔多得〕溢出来 → 丰富的 fecundity n. 多产 fec 做 + und 溢出；波动 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 出产的〔粮食〕溢出 → 多产 inundate v. 淹没 in 使… + und 溢出；波动 + ate 使… → 使溢出 → 淹没 redound v. 回流；起作用 red〔= re 回〕+ ound〔= und〕溢出；波动 → 波动回来 → 回流 redundant adj. 多余的 redund 回流 + ant …的 → 回流的 → 多余的 undulate v. 波动 und 溢出；波动 + ulate 使 → 波动

中文词源： inundate 淹没，使应接不暇 in-,进入，使，-und,流动，波浪，词源同undulate,water.即流进来的，淹没，引申词义应接不暇。 inundate
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In japan the interruption to electricity supply means that output has been affected even in areas the tsunami did not directly inundate .

断电对日本来说，意味着即使在没有被海啸直接淹没的地区，生产也受到了影响。

The major reasons for the inundate modern international terrorism are : wrangling over nationalities , religions and territories .

现代国际恐怖主义泛滥的主要原因是民族、宗教、领土纷争。

Kari was one of the few people in america without e-mail on her computer ; she was sure that dale would find her address and inundate her with messages .

kari没有电子邮箱，这种没有邮箱的美国人真是为数不多，因为她确信dale会找到她的邮箱然后用邮件将她淹没。

' The situation is expected to get worse as the second and third waves of floods inundate more lands and uproot more people , ' mr. qureshi said .

库雷希说，随着第二波、第三波洪水淹没更多土地，迫使更多人离乡背井，预计情况还会变得更加严重。

If that happened again it would displace a billion people and inundate most of the world 's biggest cities , including new york , london and mumbai .

如果这样的情况再度发生的话，纽约、伦敦和孟买这些世界上最大的城市将被淹没，十亿众将被迫迁移。