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penetrating

🇬🇧 UK/'penitreitiŋ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Able to pierce or pass through; showing keen insight and sharp understanding

穿透性的;敏锐的,深刻的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
penewithin, inside, to put or place within
+
trroot
+
atto make, having
+
ingcontinuous / action of
=penetrating

Common Collocations

  • 1.penetrating gaze敏锐的目光
  • 2.penetrating insight深刻的见解

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her penetrating gaze seemed to see right through the student's excuses.

  • 2.

    The critic offered penetrating insights into the film's complex symbolism.

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