1VERB 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. 渗入;进入;穿过;穿透
X-rays can penetrate many objects. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
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
2VERB 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. 进入;跻身
...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
医药行业非常复杂,很难进入。
3VERB 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. 打入,渗透(敌人或竞争对手内部)
The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drugs ring operating out of Munich. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
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
4VERB 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. 进入,打入(市场或地区) [business]
There have been around 15 attempts from outside France to penetrate the market. [VERB noun]
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
5VERB 了解;洞察;领悟 If you penetrate something that is difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it. 了解;洞察;领悟 [formal]
...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate. [VERB noun]
ADVERB | VERB + PENETRATE | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤deep, deeply, far深深進入;深深穿過◇caves penetrating deep into the hills深入山腹的洞穴➤completely, fully完全穿入➤barely幾乎不能穿入◇The sunlight barely penetrated the inner room.陽光幾乎照不到裏面的房間。➤quickly快速穿透➤slowly慢慢滲透◇The news slowly penetrated his consciousness.他慢慢得知了這個消息。➤easily, readily容易穿入/滲透◇These so-called secret societies were easily penetrated by intelligence agents.這些所謂的秘密社團很容易就被情報人員滲透進去了。➤successfully成功滲透VERB + PENETRATE➤be able to, can能夠穿入;能透入▸➤be difficult to難以進入▸➤seem to似乎穿入◇The cold seemed to penetrate his bones.寒氣似乎鑽進他的骨頭裏去了。➤fail to沒有刺穿▸➤allow sth to讓⋯穿透◇Cut two slashes on each side of the fish to allow heat to penetrate.在魚身兩側分別劃兩刀以便於傳熱。PREPOSITION➤into透進⋯◇It is not yet known how deeply the radiation has penetrated into the soil.現在還不知道輻射滲入土壤有多深。➤through穿過⋯◇The light could not penetrate through the thick curtains.光線被厚厚的窗簾擋住了。➤to進入到⋯◇The dust had penetrated to all corners of the room.灰塵落滿了房間的每個角落。