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单词 infiltration
释义
infiltratein‧fil‧trate /ˈɪnfɪltreɪt $ ɪnˈfɪltreɪt, ˈɪnfɪl-/ verb Verb Table
VERB TABLE
infiltrate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyinfiltrate
he, she, itinfiltrates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyinfiltrated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave infiltrated
he, she, ithas infiltrated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad infiltrated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill infiltrate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have infiltrated
Continuous Form
PresentIam infiltrating
he, she, itis infiltrating
you, we, theyare infiltrating
PastI, he, she, itwas infiltrating
you, we, theywere infiltrating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been infiltrating
he, she, ithas been infiltrating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been infiltrating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be infiltrating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been infiltrating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Everyone knew the organization had been infiltrated by government agents, but could not prove it.
  • Federal undercover agents infiltrated a Miami drug ring.
  • Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups have been largely unsuccessful.
  • The Communists effectively infiltrated the government and the political parties.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto spy
to secretly collect information about an enemy government: · A former US diplomat has confessed to spying.spy on: · For years the satellite spied on secret weapon bases.spy for: · Philby had been spying for the Russians for several years.
the collecting of political, military, or industrial secrets from another country or organization: · Zakharov, a KGB agent, was charged with espionage.industrial espionage (=the collecting of secrets about a competing company): · The banks take precautions to prevent any attempts at industrial espionage while confidential documents are on the premises.
if someone is in the pay of a country or organization, they are being paid by that country or organization to spy for them: · Before becoming President, the general was in the pay of the CIA.· There were persistent rumours that the former head of British Intelligence was in the pay of the Soviet Union.
to secretly join a group or organization whose principles or activities you strongly oppose, in order to find out more about them, or to harm them in some way: · The Communists effectively infiltrated the government and the political parties.· Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups have been largely unsuccessful.· Everyone knew the organization had been infiltrated by government agents, but could not prove it.
the activity of trying to find out about and prevent an enemy from spying in your own country: · His novels deal with the world of spies, espionage and counterespionage.· the murder of two counterespionage officers
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· What would these people have to do if they did not infiltrate groups of young political activists?· After all, in 1963 it had thoroughly infiltrated Chambliss' Klan group.· He sent his men to infiltrate homosexual groups and smoke out deviants.· Brothers' officials suggested the man was a spy that had infiltrated their group.
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to secretly join an organization or enter a place in order to find out information about it or harm it:  Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups were largely unsuccessful.infiltrate into Rebel forces have been infiltrating into the country.2[transitive] to secretly put people into an organization or place in order to find out information or to harm itinfiltrate somebody into something They repeatedly tried to infiltrate assassins into the palace.3[transitive] to become a part of something – used especially to show disapproval:  Commercialism has been infiltrating universities for the past decade.infiltrator noun [countable]infiltration /ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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