penetration

noun
🔊/ˌpenəˈtreɪʃn/
🔊/ˌpenəˈtreɪʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. the act or process of making a way into or through something穿透;渗透;进入
    • The floor is sealed to prevent water penetration.地板加了密封涂料防止渗水。🔊🔊
    • the company’s successful penetration of overseas markets公司对海外市场的顺利开拓
    • Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。
    • The country has the highest smartphone penetration in Europe.该国是欧洲智能手机普及率最高的国家。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • greater
    • high
    verb + penetration
    • achieve
    • facilitate
    • allow
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  2. the act of a man putting his penis into his partner’s vagina or anus(男人阴茎的)插入
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sexual
    • anal
    • vaginal
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  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin penetratio(n-), from the verb penetrare ‘place within or enter’.