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penetrate v.渗透；看穿；穿透；了解；（情报人员的）渗透 (1) 雾气渗进了室内。(2) 本田公司的成功渗透西方摩托车的市场。(3) 没有几个人识破我的伪装。(4) 他竭力想透过尘埃看清那边的东西。(5) 无论我们说什麽他都不懂。(6) 我听他所言，但不明白说些什么。(7) 该组织遭到渗透，幸存者已逃逸了。 We get penetrate from the Latin word penetrare, which combines penes ("within") and intrare ("to enter"). Penetrate crops up most often to describe entering or permeating. Blaring music penetrated every corner of the dorm and we wondered how anyone could study with that racket. Penetrate can also mean to decipher or understand: "Careful study allowed us to penetrate the mysteries of Pig Latin." Finally — no surprise, given its Latin roots — the word can be used to describe sexual intercourse.

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英 ['penətreɪt] 美 ['penətreɪt] (1) The mist penetrated into the room.(2) Honda's success in penetrating Western motorcycle markets.(3) Not many people managed to penetrate my disguise.(4) He strained his eyes to penetrate beyond the thick cloud of dust.(5) Nothing we say penetrates his thick skull!(6) I heard what he said, but it didn't penetrate.(7) The organization was penetrated and the survivors fled. To penetrate is to force into or pierce through. If the fog is thick as pea soup, your flashlight won’t penetrate it. If you stubbornly ignore good advice, people might say nothing can penetrate that thick skull of yours. 1[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。penetrationThe 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2[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。3[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4[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.   [V n]  [BUSINESS 商]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5[VERB 动词]了解；洞察；领悟 If you penetrate something that is difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate.往往难以理解的冗长回答

英语单词	penetrate
英美音标	英 ['penətreɪt] 美 ['penətreɪt]
中文释义	v.渗透；看穿；穿透；了解；（情报人员的）渗透
英语例句	(1) The mist penetrated into the room. (2) Honda's success in penetrating Western motorcycle markets. (3) Not many people managed to penetrate my disguise. (4) He strained his eyes to penetrate beyond the thick cloud of dust. (5) Nothing we say penetrates his thick skull! (6) I heard what he said, but it didn't penetrate. (7) The organization was penetrated and the survivors fled.
中文例句	(1) 雾气渗进了室内。 (2) 本田公司的成功渗透西方摩托车的市场。 (3) 没有几个人识破我的伪装。 (4) 他竭力想透过尘埃看清那边的东西。 (5) 无论我们说什麽他都不懂。 (6) 我听他所言，但不明白说些什么。 (7) 该组织遭到渗透，幸存者已逃逸了。
vocabulary简明	To penetrate is to force into or pierce through. If the fog is thick as pea soup, your flashlight won’t penetrate it. If you stubbornly ignore good advice, people might say nothing can penetrate that thick skull of yours.
vocabulary扩展	We get penetrate from the Latin word penetrare, which combines penes ("within") and intrare ("to enter"). Penetrate crops up most often to describe entering or permeating. Blaring music penetrated every corner of the dorm and we wondered how anyone could study with that racket. Penetrate can also mean to decipher or understand: "Careful study allowed us to penetrate the mysteries of Pig Latin." Finally — no surprise, given its Latin roots — the word can be used to describe sexual intercourse.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 penetration 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 2 [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。 3 [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 4 [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. [V n] [BUSINESS 商] 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 5 [VERB 动词]了解；洞察；领悟 If you penetrate something that is difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] ...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate. 往往难以理解的冗长回答

Penetrate Penetration Thick Verb 动词 Succeed [V N