1 VERB 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
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X-rays can penetrate many objects. [VERB noun]
X射线能够穿透很多物体。
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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。
2 VERB 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
3 VERB 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)
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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。
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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。
4 VERB 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]
5 VERB 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]
SYN grasp, understand, work out, figure out [informal]
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