阿摩線上測驗
12 The secretary was _____ with phone calls after her department posted the recruitment of two teaching
assistants on newspapers.
(A) inaugurated
(B) inundated
(C) incarcerated
(D) incensed
統計： A(110), B(171), C(103), D(66), E(0) #2457418
詳解 (共 4 筆)
(A) inaugurate 使正式就職/為…舉行就職典禮/啟用/啟動/開創/開始
(B) inundate 使應接不暇/淹沒
(C) incarcerate 監禁/禁閉/困住
(D) incense 香/香爐/香燭/激怒/使大怒 secretary秘書 recruitment招聘/吸收 assistant 助手/幫手/助理
12 The secretary was _____ with phone calls after her department posted the recruitment of two teaching assistants on newspapers.
(A) inaugurated
(B) inundated
(C) incarcerated
(D) incensed
12秘書部門在報紙上公佈了招募兩名助教後，秘書被電話淹沒了。
（A）開幕
（B）被淹inundated
（C）監禁
（D）激怒 被淹inundated
inaugurate
to put someone into an official position with a ceremony
使正式就職，為…舉行就職典禮
American presidents are always inaugurated on 20 January .美國總統總是在1月20日正式就職。
to put something into use or action officially
（正式）啟用，啟動
The European Community inaugurated the Single European Market in 1993.歐洲共同體於1993年正式啟動歐洲單一市場。
to mark the beginning of a new period, style, or activity
開創（新時代）；開始（新風尚或新活動）
The change of government inaugurated a new era of economic prosperity.政府的變革開創了經濟繁榮的新時代。
inundate
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all
使應接不暇
We have been inundated with requests for help.求助申請多得讓我們應接不暇。
inundate verb [T] (FLOOD)
（洪水）淹沒
If the dam breaks it will inundate large parts of the town.如果水壩決堤，這個城鎮的大部分地區都將被淹沒。
incarcerate
to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison
監禁；禁閉
Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or incarcerated.成千上萬持不同政見者被審問或監禁。
to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it
困住
We were incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours.我們被困在發生故障的電梯中長達四小時。
incense
a substance that is burnt to produce a sweet smell, especially as part of a religious ceremony
（尤指在宗教儀式上焚燒的）香
to cause someone to be extremely angry
激怒，使大怒
The editor said a lot of readers would be incensed by my article on class.編輯說許多讀者會被我有關社會階層的文章激怒。
I was so incensed by what he was saying I had to walk out.我被他說的話激怒了，憤然離席。
incensed
大怒的，被激怒的
The villagers are incensed at the decision to close the railway station.村民對要關閉火車站的決定感到異常憤怒。
