penetrate

单词辨析:

penetrate permeate pierce prick 【导航词义:穿透】
penetrate v. 穿过,穿透;渗透
〔辨析〕

尤指人或物困难地进入或穿过某物、某地区等;也指人渗入某团体或组织中以窃取机密等。

〔例证〕

Can bullets penetrate the armour plating?

子弹能穿过装甲吗?

Clean the windows so that sunlight can penetrate them.

把窗户擦干净,这样阳光可以照进来。

They had penetrated into enemy territory.

他们已经进入敌军领地。

The secret police were not encouraged to penetrate the army.

不鼓励秘密警察打入军队内部。

permeate v. [正式]渗入,渗透
〔辨析〕

指液体、气体等渗入并充满某物或某处。

〔例证〕

The smell of gas permeated the air.

空气中充斥着煤气味。

Rain permeates through the ground.

雨水渗入地下。

pierce v. 刺入; [文]穿过
〔辨析〕

指用尖锐的东西刺破或刺穿某物;也指声音或光线透入某物。

〔例证〕

After being steamed for a long time, the corn can easily be pierced with a fork.

蒸了很长一段时间之后,玉米可以用叉子轻易地扎透。

A sudden shot pierced the silence.

突如其来的一声枪响划破了寂静。

prick v. 刺,戳
〔辨析〕

指用尖利之物在某物上扎出小洞。

〔例证〕

She got her finger pricked by a thorn.

她的手指被刺扎了一下。

Remember to prick some holes into the dough to avoid bubbles.

记得在面团上戳几个洞以免产生气泡。

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Or a woman would have to penetrate another woman, and that also disrupted the hierarchy.

或者一个女人穿入另一个女人,那也打破了等级关系。

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。

The drugs industry is complex and hard to penetrate.

医药行业非常复杂,很难进入。

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 Marketing Strategy section should explain how your retail business will penetrate your target market.

营销策略应该解释你打算如何让的零售业渗透你的市场,公司要的形象和品牌化战略的细节。

He tried to penetrate the layers of bureaucracy.

他设法打通了层层官僚关节。