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

• These modes will grow in intensity until their gain saturate at a level equal to the loss and steady-state oscillation prevails.
  这些模式的强度将不断增强一直到它们的增益达到与损耗相等的饱和水平，且稳态振荡占优势为止。
• The findings seem to contradict the sensual images that saturate the ads in female magazines.
  这些研究结果似乎跟充斥于女性杂志中的各种性感广告相矛盾。
• Saturate the bandage with disinfectant.
  用消毒剂把绷带浸透。
• The anti-windup PI controller prevents transient response from being worse when control commends saturate.
  控制器采用抗饱和比例积分控制器（anti-windupPIcontroller），在控制命令饱和的状况下，防止暂态响应特性变差。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This was done so that the brightest stars will not saturate large portions of the detectors.
  这样做为的是不让这些亮星在探测器中产生巨大的光溢出。
• 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。
• 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。