saturation

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sat·u·ra·tion /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

1 TCBTCNwhen an event or person is given so much attention by newspapers, television etc that everyone has heard about it 饱和报道，连篇累牍的报道

The trial was given saturation coverage by the press.

报刊对这次审讯进行了连篇累牍的报道。

saturation advertising

铺天盖地的广告

2. saturation bombing PMa military attack in which a whole area is bombed 饱和轰炸，全面性轰炸

3 technicalHC the degree to which something has been mixed into something else 饱和度

Keep saturation below 80%.

把饱和度保持在 80% 以下。

4. WETwhen something is made completely wet 浸透，湿透

Examples from the Corpus

saturation• Bush launched a saturation campaign to mobilise the state's religious vote.• Falling sales suggest that the VCR market may have reached saturation.

saturation coverage• Giveaways and in-store advertising will guarantee saturation coverage for the movie across the States.

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