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

• 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。
• The maelstrom of drug-related violence that is engulfing Mexico has produced exaggerated, sometimes xenophobic, alarm in parts of the United States.
  毒品有关的暴力犯罪所导致的混乱正在吞噬着墨西哥，并且形势在美国人心里被进一步夸大，使得美国人对墨西哥产生了恐惧和害怕心理。
• Finite personalities are insubstantial fragments of this engulfing spiritual unity.
  有限的人格是这种兼容并包的精神统一的非实体的碎片。
• 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。
• The British parliament is holding a rare emergency debate on Wednesday on the scandal engulfing the media group News International.
  英国议会在周三罕见的召开紧急辩论，讨论新闻国际集团（NewsInternational）的丑闻问题。
• 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。
• Slowly engulfing all my senses.
  慢慢地吞噬我所有的理智。
• As the Israelis pulled back to re-group the Syrian commandos attacked, engulfing the column in a barrage of RPGs.
  当以色列人后撤重新集结时，叙利亚突击队发动了攻击，用RPG弹幕吞没了以色列纵队。
• But many of those present at this and a series of other town hall meetings were left angry by the apparent failure to confront the reality of the crisis engulfing the company.
  但在场的许多人，以及出席其它市政厅会议的许多人，都对这种明显不能正视危机正在席卷公司这一现实的态度感到愤怒。