泛滥成灾 meaning in English
disaster caused by flooding water; be widespread and uncurbed; run rampant [wild]
Examples
- Crime burst in like a flood .
罪恶象洪水一样泛滥成灾。 - "now, almost everywhere, there is a great deal of bunk around," the man said indignantly .
“如今到处是废话，泛滥成灾，”那个人愤愤不平地说。 - The negro quarter around 135th street, new york, was overrun with fortune tellers and witch doctors .
在纽约135号街区周围的黑人区，占卜师和巫医泛滥成灾。 - The mailroom was a paper nightmare, each day subjected to an avalanche of more, moving two ways, though outgoing paper seldom equaled the inward flow .
收发室里纸张文件更是泛滥成灾，每天象雪崩似地涌进涌出然而出的很少能赶上进的。 - Washington : help ! we ' re overrun by nerds and slackers
华盛顿州：救命呀！我们的蠢货和懒鬼已经泛滥成灾了！