[VERB 动词]渗入；进入；穿过；穿透 If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it.
[V n]
X-rays can penetrate many objects...
X射线能够穿透很多物体。
His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.
他的部下已经接到命令，见到试图穿越该地区的人就开枪。
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The exterior walls are three to three and a half feet thick to prevent penetration by bombs.
外墙厚3到3.5英尺，以防炸弹穿透。
...moves designed to block enemy penetrations.
旨在阻止敌人渗透的举措
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[VERB 动词]进入；跻身 If someone penetrates an organization, a group, or a profession, they succeed in entering it although it is difficult to do so.
[V n]
...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering...
女性一直未能跻身工程领域的更高层
The drugs industry is complex and hard to penetrate.
医药行业非常复杂，很难进入。
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[VERB 动词]打入，渗透（敌人或竞争对手内部） If someone penetrates an enemy group or a rival organization, they succeed in joining it in order to get information or cause trouble.
[V n]
The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drugs ring operating out of Munich...
美国中央情报局已请求我们协助其打入在慕尼黑市外活动的贩毒集团。
The army was one of the few institutions the secret police were not encouraged to penetrate.
军队是不鼓励秘密警察渗入的少数机构之一。
penetration
...the successful penetration by the KGB of the French intelligence service.
克格勃对法国情报机构的成功渗透
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[VERB 动词]进入，打入（市场或地区） If a company or country penetrates a market or area, they succeed in selling their products there.
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There have been around 15 attempts from outside France to penetrate the market.
大约已经有15家外国公司试图进入法国市场。
penetration
...import penetration across a broad range of heavy industries.
进口对重工业领域的广泛渗透
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[VERB 动词]了解；洞察；领悟 If you penetrate something that is difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
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[FORMAL 正式]
...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate.
往往难以理解的冗长回答
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pene·trate/ˈpenətreɪt; NAmEˈpenətreɪt/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]to go into or through sth 穿过；进入penetratesth ◆The knife had penetrated his chest.刀子刺入了他的胸膛。◆The sun's radiation penetrates the skin.太阳的辐射能透进皮肤。◆( figurative) The war penetrates every area of the nation's life.战争波及到全国国民生活的各个领域。penetrateinto/through/to sth ◆These fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs.这些微小的尘埃可深深地吸入肺部。2[transitive , intransitive ]to succeed in entering or joining an organization, a group, etc. especially when this is difficult to do 渗透，打入（组织、团体等）penetratesth ◆They had penetrated airport security.他们已渗透机场保安组织。◆The party has been penetrated by extremists.极端分子已经打入了这个党。◆This year the company has been trying to penetrate new markets (= to start selling their products there).今年这家公司一直试图打入新市场。penetrateinto sth ◆The troops had penetrated deep into enemy lines.部队已经深入敌军防线。3[transitive ]penetratesth to see or show a way into or through sth 看透；透过…看见◆Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness.我们的眼睛在黑暗中什么也看不见。◆The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom.手电筒勉强照见那幽暗处。4[transitive ]penetratesth to understand or discover sth that is difficult to understand or is hidden 洞察；发现；揭示◆Science can penetrate many of nature's mysteries.科学能揭示自然界的许多奥秘。5[intransitive , transitive ]to be understood or realized by sb 被领悟；被理解◆I was at the door before his words penetrated.我走到门口才听懂了他说的话。penetratesth ◆None of my advice seems to have penetrated his thick skull (= he has not listened to any of it).他那木脑袋似乎一点也听不进我的忠告。6[transitive ]penetratesb/sth (of a man 男人)to put the penisinto the vaginaor anusof a sexual partner （以阴茎）插入penetratepenetratespenetratedpenetratingpene·trate/ˈpenətreɪt; NAmEˈpenətreɪt/
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penetratepen‧e‧trate /ˈpenətreɪt/ ●○○ verb
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1go through [intransitive, transitive] to enter something and pass or spread through it, especially when this is difficult → pierce: bullets that penetrate thick armour plating Sunlight barely penetrated the dirty windows.penetrate into Explorers penetrated deep into unknown regions.2business [transitive] to start to sell things to an area or country, or to have an influence there: Few U.S. companies have successfully penetrated the Japanese electronics market.3organization [transitive] to succeed in becoming accepted into a group or an organization, sometimes in order to find out their secrets: KGB agents had penetrated most of their intelligence services.4understand formala)[transitive] to succeed in understanding something: Science has penetrated the mysteries of nature.b)[intransitive, transitive] to be understood, with difficulty: What could I say that would penetrate his thick skull?5sex [transitive] if a man penetrates someone, he puts his penis into a woman’s vagina or into someone’s anus when having sex6see through [transitive] to see into or through something when this is difficult: My eyes couldn’t penetrate the gloom.
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