penetrate

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pen·e·trate /ˈpenətreɪt/ verb

1 go through 穿过 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ENTER to enter something and pass or spread through it, especially when this is difficult 进入；渗入；刺入；穿过，穿透 → pierce

bullets that penetrate thick armour plating

穿过厚装甲的子弹

Sunlight barely penetrated the dirty windows.

阳光几乎照不进那些肮脏的窗户。

penetrate into

Explorers penetrated deep into unknown regions.

探险者深入到了未知地区。

2 business 生意 [transitiveT]BBT to start to sell things to an area or country, or to have an influence there 打进〔某地区或国家的市场〕

Few U.S. companies have successfully penetrated the Japanese electronics market.

很少有美国公司成功打入日本电子产品市场。

3 organization 组织 [transitiveT]SSOPPG to succeed in becoming accepted into a group or an organization, sometimes in order to find out their secrets 渗入〔某团体或组织〕

KGB agents had penetrated most of their intelligence services.

克格勃特工已渗透到他们大部分的情报部门。

4 understand 理解UNDERSTAND formal

a) [transitiveT] to succeed in understanding something 洞察，了解

Science has penetrated the mysteries of nature.

科学已揭开了大自然的奥秘。

b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to be understood, with difficulty 〔困难地〕被理解

What could I say that would penetrate his thick skull?

我该说什么才能让他这个呆瓜明白呢？

5. sex 性 [transitiveT]HBHSEX/HAVE SEX WITH if a man penetrates someone, he puts his penis into a woman’s vagina or into someone’s anus when having sex 〔性交时〕把阴茎插入

6 see through 看穿 [transitiveT]SEE to see into or through something when this is difficult 〔努力〕透过…看见，看穿

My eyes couldn’t penetrate the gloom.

我的眼睛看不清暗处。

Examples from the Corpus

penetrate• As a general rule, the older and more stable the community, the more difficult it is to penetrate.• The barbed wire fences and security shields made the air base very difficult to penetrate.• Federal law on segregation had been changed in 1960; the news had yet to penetrate below the Mason-Dixon line.• However, laboratory tests show that Gore-Text can be penetrated by prolonged exposure to rain.• Among computer buyers, the least penetrated group is households earning less than $ 30,000 a year.• But eventually the staff penetrated her resistance and the girl learned to write.• Dario was attempting to penetrate Nature's mysteries.• Spies had penetrated the highest ranks of both governments.• For years, federal law enforcement officials were reluctant to penetrate the movement.• The fall weather outside penetrated the room.• The sun's rays can penetrate the sea to a depth of twenty metres.• It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top.• The bomb penetrated the wall and exploded inside the building.• He threw a grenade that penetrated the wall of the building and exploded inside.• Islam has penetrated vast parts of Africa and Asia.

penetrate into• Oil had penetrated into the concrete.

penetrate ... skull• Maybe that had even penetrated his thick skull.

From Longman Business Dictionary

penetratepen·e·trate /ˈpenətreɪt/ verb [transitiveT]MARKETING

if a company penetrates a new market or area, it starts selling goods or services in that market or area

The company has been struggling to penetrate the US market.

Origin penetrate

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of penetrare

pen·e·trate verb

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