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VERB
滲入;進(jìn)入;穿過(guò);穿透
If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it.
例句
X-rays can penetrate many objects...
X射線能夠穿透很多物體。
His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.
他的部下已經(jīng)接到命令,見(jiàn)到試圖穿越該地區(qū)的人就開(kāi)槍。
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VERB
進(jìn)入;躋身
If someone penetrates an organization, a group, or a profession, they succeed in entering it although it is difficult to do so.
例句
...the continuing failure of women to penetrate the higher levels of engineering...
女性一直未能躋身工程領(lǐng)域的更高層
The drugs industry is complex and hard to penetrate.
醫(yī)藥行業(yè)非常復(fù)雜,很難進(jìn)入。
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VERB
打入,滲透(敵人或競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手內(nèi)部)
If someone penetrates an enemy group or a rival organization, they succeed in joining it in order to get information or cause trouble.
例句
The CIA had requested our help to penetrate a drugs ring operating out of Munich...
美國(guó)中央情報(bào)局已請(qǐng)求我們協(xié)助其打入在慕尼黑市外活動(dòng)的販毒集團(tuán)。
The army was one of the few institutions the secret police were not encouraged to penetrate.
軍隊(duì)是不鼓勵(lì)秘密警察滲入的少數(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)之一。
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VERB
進(jìn)入,打入(市場(chǎng)或地區(qū))
If a company or country penetrates a market or area, they succeed in selling their products there.
例句
There have been around 15 attempts from outside France to penetrate the market.
大約已經(jīng)有15家外國(guó)公司試圖進(jìn)入法國(guó)市場(chǎng)。
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VERB
了解;洞察;領(lǐng)悟
If you penetrate something that is difficult to understand, you succeed in understanding it.
例句
...long answers that were often difficult to penetrate.
往往難以理解的冗長(zhǎng)回答