penetrate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it. 进入; 穿透
X-rays can penetrate many objects. X射线能穿透很多物体。
2. penetrationN-UNCOUNT 进入; 穿透
The thick walls prevented penetration by debris from the hurricane. 一堵堵厚墙阻挡了飓风带来的碎片的穿透。
3. V-T If someone penetrates an organization, a group, or a profession, they succeed in entering it although it is difficult to do so. (排除困难) 进入
...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering. …女性跻身工程业较高层级的连续失败。
4. V-T If someone penetrates an enemy group or a rival organization, they succeed in joining it in order to get information or cause trouble. 打入 (敌对组织)
The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drug ring operating out of Munich. 中情局曾要求我们协助打入在慕尼黑外活动的一个贩毒团伙。
5. penetrationN-UNCOUNT 打入
...the successful penetration by the KGB of the French intelligence service. …克格勃向法国情报机构的成功渗入。
6. V-T If a company or country penetrates a market or area, they succeed in selling their products there. 打入 (某市场或地区)[商业]
There have been around 15 attempts from outside Idaho to penetrate the market. 已有约十五次从爱达荷州以外打入该市场的企图。
7. penetrationN-UNCOUNT 打入
...import penetration across a broad range of heavy industries. …横跨广泛重工业领域的进口渗入。
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penetrate /ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt/ (penetrating,penetrated,penetrates)
剑桥词典
penetrate verb (MOVE INTO)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to move into or through something
穿透;进入;渗入
Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain . 令人惊讶的是,子弹并未射入他的脑部。
In a normal winter , the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil . 在正常的冬季里,霜会深深渗入土壤,足以杀死昆虫卵。
[ T ]
to succeed in becoming part of an organization , etc. and working within it
成功进入(机构)成为其一部分
The organization had been penetrated by a spy . 该组织渗入了一名间谍。
The company has been successful in penetrating overseas markets this year (= it has started selling its products in them). 今年,该公司成功地打入了海外市场。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to reach or affect something
到达;影响
These changes had not yet penetrated as far west as the mountains of Merioneth. 这些变化还没有影响到西边远处的麦里昂斯山。
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
If your eyes penetrate somewhere dark , you manage to see through it.
透过…看见;看透
Our eyes couldn't penetrate the dark /the gloom of the inner cave . 洞内一片黑暗/昏暗,我们什么也看不见。
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
When a man penetrates his partner during sex , he puts his penis into his or her body .
(性交时)男性阴茎插入
penetrate verb (UNDERSTAND)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to study or investigate something in order to understand it
洞察,了解;深入研究
It's hard to penetrate her mind . 了解她的内心很难。
He penetrates deeper into the artist's life in the second volume of his autobiography . 他通过这位艺术家自传的第二卷对其生平作了更深入的探究。 返回 penetrate