剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - penetrate collapse

penetrate
/'pen.ɪ.treɪt/
verb
MOVE INTO 进入
[I or T]
* to move into or through something
穿透；进入；渗入

1. Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.
令人惊讶的是，子弹并未射入他的脑部。

2. In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
在正常的冬季里，霜会深深渗入土壤，足以杀死昆虫的卵。

3. The organization had been penetrated by a spy.
一名间谍渗入了该组织。

4. The company has been successful in penetrating overseas markets this year.
今年，该公司成功地打入了海外市场。

[T]
* If your eyes penetrate somewhere dark, you manage to see through it
透过…看见；看透

1. Our eyes couldn't penetrate the dark/ the gloom of the inner cave.
洞内一片黑暗／昏暗，我们甚么也看不见。

/'pen.ɪ.treɪt/
verb
UNDERSTAND 理解
[I or T]
* to study or investigate something in order to understand
洞察，了解；深入研究

1. It's hard to penetrate her mind.
了解她的内心很难。

2. He penetrates deeper into the artist's life in the second volume of his autobiography.
他透过这位艺术家自传的第二册对其生平作了更深入的探究。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - penetrate collapse

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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.

【语法信息】：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.

【语法信息】：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.

【语法信息】：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.

【语法信息】：V n

【FIELD标签】：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.

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • ...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate.

    往往难以理解的冗长回答

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - penetrate collapse

penetrate
pene·trate / 5penitreit / verb1. ~ (into / through / to) sth to go into or through sth
   穿过；进入:
  ▪ [VN]
   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。
  ▪ [V]
   These fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs.
   这些微小的尘埃可深深地吸入肺部。
2. 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):
  ▪ [VN]
   They had penetrated airport security.
   他们已打入机场保安组织。
   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。
  ▪ [V]
   The troops had penetrated deep into enemy lines.
   部队已经深入敌军防线。
3. [VN] 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. [VN] 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. to be understood or realized by sb
   被领悟；被理解:
  ▪ [V]
   I was at the door before his words penetrated.
   我走到门口才听懂了他说的话。
  ▪ [VN]
   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. [VN] (of a man 男人) to put the penis into the vagina or anus of a sexual partner
   (以阴茎)插入

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - penetrate collapse

penetrate verb

• ADVERB deep, deeply, far caves penetrating deep into the hills | completely, fully | barely The sunlight barely ~d the inner room. | quickly | slowly The news slowly ~d his consciousness. | easily, readily These so-called secret societies were easily ~d by intelligence agents. | successfully

• VERB + PENETRATE be able to, can | be difficult to | seem to The cold seemed to ~ his bones. | fail to | allow sth to Cut two slashes on each side of the fish to allow heat to ~.

• PREPOSITION into It is not yet known how deeply the radiation has ~d into the soil. | through The light could not ~ through the thick curtains. | to The dust had ~d to all corners of the room.

Penetrate is used with these nouns as the subject: bullet, daylight, moisture, ray, sunlight
Penetrate is used with these nouns as the object: airspace, armour, darkness, defence, gloom, lung, market, mystery, shield, silence, skin, surface, vagina, veil

新牛津英语同义词词典 - penetrate collapse

penetrate

verb
1 the sharp point of the spear did not penetrate his throat
PIERCE , puncture, make a hole in, perforate, riddle, stab, prick, probe, gore, spike, stick, impale, transfix, bore (through), drill (through), lance, tap.

2 the oil has penetrated into the stones
SEEP , soak, percolate, filter, infiltrate, spread, diffuse; enter, make one's way into/through, pass/move/flow into, get into.

3 they penetrated the enemy territory via a gap cut in the fence
INFILTRATE , slip into, sneak into, creep into, insinuate oneself into, worm one's way into, make inroads into, invade, intrude on, overrun.

4 I am allowing the healing energy to penetrate my digestive organs
PERMEATE , pervade, fill, spread throughout, imbue, suffuse, diffuse through, seep through, steep, impregnate, inform, infuse, saturate, charge, drench, inundate; influence, infect, excite, stimulate, inspire.

5 humans' efforts to penetrate the enigma of their beginnings
UNDERSTAND , comprehend, apprehend, fathom, grasp, perceive, discern, get to the bottom of, solve, resolve, make out, make sense of, interpret, puzzle out, work out, figure out, unravel, decipher, make head or tail of; informal crack, get, tumble to, latch on to, cotton to; Brit. informal suss out, twig.

6 Douglas was at the door before Jamieson's words penetrated
BE UNDERSTOOD , be comprehended, be taken in, be grasped, become clear;
REGISTER , make an impression, get through, sink in, fall into place, dawn, come home; informal click.

7 I don't think the implication penetrated my mind all that quickly
GET THROUGH TO , be understood/comprehended by, register on, make an impression on, have an impact on.

词源记忆 - penetrate collapse

penetrate 穿过，穿透，性交
来自拉丁语penetrare, 穿过，进入，来自penes, 在里面，进入，词源同penates。-tra, 比较级后缀，词源同intra-, interior。字面意思即进入，引申词义穿过，穿透，性交等。