泛滥成灾 [
fàn làn chéng zāi]
be flooded
be swamped with
- 援助是那么少,那么晚,要不就是离急需的地区那么远。这么一来饥荒和瘟疫就已经泛滥成灾了。
Help has been too little and too late or too far from where it was most needed. The flood-gates of famine and pestilence are already open. - 尼罗河过去年年泛滥成灾,摧毁大片房屋和庄稼。
The river Nile used to flood large areas every year and destroyed houses and crops. - 河水泛滥成灾。
The river is in flood.