engulfs

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfs]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfs]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的第三人称单数

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

• If the eurozone debt crisis engulfs Germany, forcing it to raise taxes and cut spending to assist large economies like Spain or Italy, then the Swiss franc is likely to be dragged down too.
  如果欧元区债务危机席卷德国，迫使德国提高税收、削减开支，以帮助西班牙或者意大利这样的大型经济体，那么瑞士法郎也可能被拖下水。
• This was not Beijing, Shanghai or any of the other Chinese cities where a thick pall of smog regularly engulfs residents. It was Los Angeles almost 60 years ago, one of two western cities famous for choking levels of air pollution.
  这不是北京、上海或是任何一座经常被浓重雾霾笼罩的中国城市，而是近60年前的洛杉矶。西方有两座城市曾以呛人的空气污染而闻名，洛杉矶是其一。
• It engulfs you and leads the way in the flight.
  它危及到你和领导的方式飞行。
• Increasing P2P business not only increases the benefit of the majority users but also engulfs a large number of network resources, even causes network congestion and reduces the performance of other businesses.
  P2P业务的不断增加，在广大用户受益的同时，却吞噬大量的网络资源，甚至引起网络拥塞，降低了其他业务的性能。
• Once the antibody-bearing virus latches onto a targeted cell, the hapless cell engulfs it in a membrane sac and pulls it inside.
  一旦这种带有抗体的病毒与目标细胞相接，该不幸的细胞就会形成膜泡，将病毒吞入细胞内。
• Mr Perczel added: "When the light is bent it engulfs the object, much like water covering a rock sitting in a river bed, and carries on its path, making it seem as if nothing is there."
  派采尔补充说：“当光线弯曲时，它会吞没物体，就像河床里的水漫过岩石后会继续流淌，好像它流过的地方什么都没有。”
• "Obviously job creation has to improve," cutting says, "as well as the gridlock that engulfs Washington."
  “显然，必须进一步改善就业状况，”卡廷说，“同时还需要解决政府的僵局。”
• Along with the enhancement of nationals 'opening degree and the sales space increasing, economic integration storm engulfs the world in the new century.
  在新世纪，随着各个国家开放程度的日益增强，销售空间的不断增大，经济一体化的风暴席卷全球。
• In the new century, the informationization tide engulfs the entire world.
  进入21世纪，信息化浪潮席卷全球。
• If oil were spilled in the winter, cleanup would take place in the total darkness that engulfs the region during those months.
  如果石油在冬天发生泄露，清理工作就要在那几个月的一片漆黑中进行。