| 单词 | infiltrate |
| 释义 | infiltrate (once / 3116 pages) v If you infiltrate a group or organization, you join it in order to gain information, like an employee of a donut shop that infiltrates the competition to try to learn its "secret recipe" for its delicious dough. Infiltrate is a verb that is familiar to international spies and undercover agents, who are all adept at joining a group under false pretenses, fitting in, and working their way up to the highest ranks in order to find out as much information as they can about the group. The word can be used more broadly to describe anything that stealthily becomes a part of something else, such as slang words that infiltrate our everyday speech. WORD FAMILYinfiltrate: infiltrated, infiltrates, infiltrating, infiltration, infiltrator+/infiltration: infiltrations/infiltrator: infiltrators USAGE EXAMPLESOr maybe even the code running an electrical grid, such as the one Russian hackers recently tried to infiltrate in Vermont. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The Burlington company said it was "working with federal officials to trace this malware and prevent any other attempts to infiltrate utility systems". BBC(Dec 31, 2016) “Our team is working with federal officials to trace this malware and prevent any other attempts to infiltrate utility systems,” the company said. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict Syn|Hyper pass through go across, go through, pass go across or through 2v enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor Syn|Hyper penetrate fall in, get together, join become part of; become a member of a group or organization 3v cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices Hyper filter, percolate, permeate, sink in pass through 4v pass into or through by filtering or permeating the substance infiltrated the material Hyper filter, percolate, permeate, sink in pass through |
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