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penetrate

🇬🇧 UK/'penitreit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To pass into or through something by force; to gain access to; to understand something deeply

穿透,刺穿,渗透;深入理解,洞察

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
penewithin, inside, to put or place within
+
trconnector
+
ateto make, having
=penetrate

Common Collocations

  • 1.penetrate deeply深入渗透
  • 2.penetrate the market进入市场

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The detective worked to penetrate the layers of deception in the case.

  • 2.

    Laser beams can penetrate certain materials with precise intensity.

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