Permeate

permeate







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[pur-mee-eyt]



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–verb (used with object) 

1. to pass into or through every part of: 



Bright [sunshine] permeated the room.  



2. to penetrate through the pores (毛孔), interstices (空隙), etc., of. 

3. to be diffused through; pervade; saturate: 



[Cynicism] permeated his report.  



–verb (used without object) 

4. to become diffused; penetrate.  





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permeate (v.)   

 

combines with the prepositions by and with: His speeches are permeated [by] [with] [pessimism]. 



Through and throughout are also used, but permeate is better off without them, taking a direct object instead: Her unflagging energy permeates through, throughout the [organization].





 

The story is simple, but extraordinarily well told. Hou's long interior scenes shot from a fixed point, largely improvised by the actors, and infused with bleeding light sources have the exquisite emotional precision of the classical piano music [permeating the soundtrack.]





see infiltrate teem saturate