July 10, 2008

Permeate

permeate



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[pur-mee-eyt]

D

–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.  


C

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].


18865854 
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








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