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单词 infiltrate
释义

infiltrate

/ˈɪnfɪltreɪt /
verb [with object]
1Enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information: the organization has been infiltrated by informers...
  • This is why I sometimes think we should infiltrate the Countryside Alliance - we'd get more cameras pointed at us then…
  • Now that we have a common picture of the communications architecture, we must discuss using information to successfully infiltrate an enemy's position.
  • He said intelligence agents and police informers had infiltrated villages in the area and worked as drivers, masons and hawkers for months to gather information about Veerappan and his men who were suspected to be hiding nearby.

Synonyms

penetrate, invade, intrude on, insinuate oneself into, worm one's way into, sneak into, slip into, creep into, impinge on, trespass on, butt into
informal gatecrash, muscle in on
1.1Introduce (someone) into an organization, place, etc. surreptitiously, in order for them to acquire secret information: they infiltrated an agent into the factory...
  • Phil continues to work on Nigel, trying to infiltrate him into a terrorist gang he believes is centered at a local mosque.
  • Make sure you have good radio contact with the forward observer and somehow get him into a putting him on a nearby hill, or it can mean infiltrating him in prior to the attack.
  • He was infiltrated back into South Africa as one of the commanders of Operation Vula, with a mission to build viable underground and military structures.
1.2 Medicine (Of a tumour, cells, etc.) spread into or invade (a tissue or organ): one of the tumours infiltrated the submucosa...
  • In this specimen, large lymphoid cells diffusely infiltrated muscle and fibrous tissue.
  • The surrounding stroma was infiltrated by plasma cells and scattered aggregates of lymphocytes, forming follicles with germinal centres.
  • Tumor cells also infiltrated the smooth muscle of the ciliary body.
2(Of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration: virtually no water infiltrates deserts such as the Sahara...
  • The holding pond should be emptied before it is full, when waste waters will infiltrate the soil.
  • Pits occur when water infiltrates a stone's pores and then freezes.
  • They know about erosion and filter effects on the landscape, but not what happens after water infiltrates the soil.

Synonyms

permeate, penetrate, pervade, filter through, percolate through, spread through, seep into, seep through, soak into, flow into, pass into, get into, enter
2.1Cause (a liquid) to permeate something by filtration: lignocaine was infiltrated into the wound...
  • The five trocars are removed and an additional 3 mL of the lidocaine/bupivicaine mixture is infiltrated into the port sites.
  • Leaves were then infiltrated with deionized water under vacuum three times for 4 min to ensure complete infiltration.
  • Leaves were infiltrated with water according to Beyschlag and Pfanz to verify ICS.
3Gradually permeate or become a part of: computing has infiltrated most professions now...
  • It reads like a blog, but you only have to look at a couple of the images to know this is a commercially popular side of US culture and quickly infiltrating ours.
  • Postmodernists claim that science, no less than religion and literature and philosophy, is infiltrated with culture.
  • The ensuing Meiji policy of modernization allowed Western ideas, institutions, and culture to infiltrate Japan.
noun Medicine
An infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells: a chest radiograph revealed a patchy infiltrate in the left lower lobes...
  • His follow-up radiograph 10 days after the initiation of prednisone showed a substantial decrease of the infiltrate.
  • The bone marrow was replaced by an infiltrate of blast cells with medium-sized nuclei, multiple nucleoli, and moderate amounts of cytoplasm.
  • Although the chest radiograph may be normal initially, subsequent radiographs will reveal an infiltrate, which may extend rapidly, involving one or more lobes as well as the pleura.

Derivatives

infiltrator

/ˈɪnfɪltreɪtə / noun ...
  • There was a keen awareness of the possibility of infiltrators and informers; people who turned up in Sudan and later Afghanistan were rigorously vetted.
  • He laid most of the blame for Friday's violence on infiltrators from the National Intelligence Service.
  • Apparently, Ray and Ribeiro went ahead with their undercover operations, using informers and infiltrators from the underworld.

Synonyms

spy, agent, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, plant, intruder, interloper, subversive, informant, informer, mole, entrist, entryist
informal gatecrasher
North American informal spook
archaic intelligencer

Origin

Middle English (as infiltration): from in-2 + filtrate.

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