engulfing

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的现在分词

COCA.43887

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thingengulfsanother, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  1. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...
     山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。
  2. The flat is engulfed in flames.
     那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• VERB 使陷入（某种感觉或情绪）
  If a feeling or emotionengulfsyou, you are strongly affected by it.
  1. ...the pain that engulfed him...
     将他吞噬的苦痛
  2. He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
     他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

双语例句

• The fictional character Walter Mitty created a better life for himself by engulfing himself in his dreams.
  虚构特性华尔特·米蒂由在他的梦吞没他自己为他自己创造了更好的生活。
• Labour unrest engulfing the South African platinum industry spread yesterday, prompting fears of a broader mining crisis in one of the main commodity-producing countries.
  困扰南非铂矿的劳工骚乱昨日蔓延，令人担心这个主要大宗商品生产国的矿业陷入更广泛的危机。
• Through about ten years development, the creativity industries economy is engulfing the entire world by the vigorous potential.
  创意产业经济经过近十年的发展，正以蓬勃之势席卷全球。
• But are they strong enough to stop the violence that is engulfing the world?
  但他们有足够的力量阻止吞噬这世界的烽火吗？
• A credit crisis is engulfing the US and Europe, said Mr Fink, an Anderson alumnus and UCLA graduate.
  作为安德森商学院及加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业生的芬克表示：一场信贷危机正在席卷美国和欧洲。
• Hurricanes do not keep engulfing New York.
  飓风不会一直肆虐纽约。
• The desert is engulfing our world, but that fellow is still considering how much his imagine can be glorified after the Arbor Day's show.
  沙漠正在吞噬我们这个世界，而那个家伙却在考虑这场植树节表演后他的形象是否会更加光辉灿烂一点。
• A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.
  一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了，使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。
• Professional services firms are planning to recruit several thousand staff in Greater China in stark contrast to the wave of redundancies engulfing the wider financial services sector.
  专业服务公司正计划在大中华区招聘数千名员工，与席卷全球金融服务业的裁员浪潮形成鲜明对照。
• Congressional probes of multiple scandals engulfing the Obama administration are continuing.
  国会对奥巴马政府的多个丑闻调查仍在继续。