渗透 (shèn tòu) — to seep, to permeate (of liquids); to infiltrate, to penetrate (of ideas, products, hostile forces); (chemistry) to undergo osmosis; osmosis
Definition
渗透 covers both the physical sense ('seep, permeate') and the figurative one ('infiltrate, penetrate' ideas or hostile forces). 浸 is soaking/immersing (often emotional); 渗 is just the verb for seeping; 贯穿 emphasizes running all the way through.
verb
to seepto permeate (of liquids)to infiltrateto penetrate (of ideas, products, hostile forces)(chemistry) to undergo osmosisosmosis
Examples
- 渗透。Yǔ shuǐ màn màn shèn tòu jìn tǔ rǎng lǐ.Rainwater slowly seeps into the soil.
- 渗透。Zhè zhǒng wén huà zhèng zài shèn tòu dào nián qīng rén de shēng huó zhōng.This culture is permeating into the lives of young people.
- 渗透。Shuǐ tōng guò bàn tòu mó shèn tòu dào lìng yì biān.Water permeates through the semipermeable membrane to the other side.
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