Penetration

(noun.) the act of entering into or through something; 'the penetration of upper management by women'.

(noun.) the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman.

(noun.) an attack that penetrates into enemy territory.

(noun.) the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target).

(noun.) the ability to make way into or through something; 'the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries'.

(noun.) clear or deep perception of a situation.

编辑:维姬

• He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, _She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But, as it was, she only learned, from some very significant looks, how far their penetration, founded on Margaret's instructions, extended. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But penetration is impossible: Mathematical points are of consequence equally impossible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• A blue and a red point may surely lie contiguous without any penetration or annihilation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He coloured a little, stared at her--and suddenly felt the penetration of the remark. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It must therefore touch it intimately, and in its whole essence, SECUNDUM SE, TOTA, ET TOTALITER; which is the very definition of penetration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• There is no force of reflection or penetration required. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• You are a man of celebrated penetration and intelligence, and you can tell me how it's to be brought about. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr Boffin pointed at the culprit, as it were in the act, and hugged himself in his great penetration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He had never been quite within the compass of my penetration, and I think he ranged farther and farther beyond it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Not that it required much penetration to say that, because I knew that his being there at all was an act of kindness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The construction of metals, both for cannon to resist most intense explosives and for plates to resist the penetration of the best projectiles, have received great attention. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There was no denying that those brothers had penetration. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Of course it took time to penetrate into the meat, but the first superficial penetration stopped the injurious effects of germs which set up putrefaction. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

校对:路易丝