saturate

英 [ˈsætʃəreɪt]

美 [ˈsætʃəreɪt]

v.  使湿透; 浸透; 使充满; 使饱和

过去分词：saturated　现在分词：saturating　第三人称单数：saturates　过去式：saturated　复数：saturates　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC

Collins.1 / BNC.13741 / COCA.11157

牛津词典

verb

• 使湿透；浸透
  to make sth completely wet
  1. The continuous rain had saturated the soil.
     连绵不断的雨把土地淋了个透。
• 使充满；使饱和
  to fill sth/sb completely with sth so that it is impossible or useless to add any more
  1. The company had saturated the market for personal organizers (= so that no new buyers could be found) .
     那家公司的产品已使电子记事簿市场饱和。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使充满;使饱和
  If people or thingssaturatea place or object, they fill it completely so that no more can be added.
  1. In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves...
     选举前最后几天，竞选双方占用了所有的广播电台和电视台。
  2. As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down.
     随着市场上商品饱和，经济趋于平衡，通货膨胀就减弱了。
• VERB 浸透;渗透;使湿透
  If someone or somethingis saturated, they become extremely wet.
  1. If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, it should be discarded and replaced.
     过滤器如果已被机油浸透，则应丢弃并换上新的。

英英释义

verb

• cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
• infuse or fill completely
  1. Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
  Synonym:impregnate

双语例句

• The intensity of terahertz waves tends to saturate with the increase of laser pulse energy.
  此外，逐步增大激光脉冲能量，会发现辐射的太赫兹波强度存在一个饱和特性。
• Vaporization of liquid oxygen in an enclosed area can cause oxygen-enrichment which could saturate combustibles in the area such as workers 'clothing.
  在封闭区域内的液氧蒸发会导致氧富集，它会充满该区域的可燃物，如工人的衣服。
• The transient peak voltage of the heterojunctions were observed when the laser was turned on and off, and increased with chopping frequency and showed saturate tendency finally.
  在激光打开和关闭时，都观测到了异质结光伏信号的瞬态响应峰值，且该峰值随斩波频率不断增大并在频率较大时趋于饱和。
• Try to saturate your body with this sense of relaxed but steady awareness, and see what happens as a result.
  试着用这股放松然而平稳的觉知，饱和你的身体，看看作为果报，将会发生什么。
• Cut off his sight, saturate his auditory.
  让他暂时失去视力和听力。
• Over time, Cusumano notes, most product companies evolve into hybrid or service companies as their products saturate target markets and lower-priced substitutes become available.
  Cusumano指出，随着时间的过去，大多产品公司当他们的产品在目标市场上占据主导地位时，便转向混合或服务公司，并且此时低价格的替代品也是可用的。
• Saturate surface leaving a wet sheen maintaining a wet edge.
  使喷涂表面饱和，湿膜边缘保持潮湿。
• In addition, cable will encounter contention problems when multiple concurrent users saturate a link.
  此外，当很多同时用户使一个链路饱和时，有线电视系统还会碰到争夺问题。
• The heavy rain will saturate our clothes.
  大雨将浸透我们的衣服。
• We'll saturate California with the rise in its crime rate.
  我们将使加利福尼亚州的犯罪案件增长率达到饱和点。