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saturation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sat·u·ra·tion /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  1 TCBTCNwhen an event or person is given so much attention by newspapers, television etc that everyone has heard about it 饱和报道,连篇累牍的报道 The trial was given saturation coverage by the press. 报刊对这次审讯进行了连篇累牍的报道。 saturation advertising 铺天盖地的广告2. saturation bombing PMa military attack in which a whole area is bombed 饱和轰炸,全面性轰炸3 technicalHC the degree to which something has been mixed into something else 饱和度 Keep saturation below 80%. 把饱和度保持在 80% 以下。4. WETwhen something is made completely wet 浸透,湿透
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saturationBush launched a saturation campaign to mobilise the state's religious vote.Falling sales suggest that the VCR market may have reached saturation.saturation coverageGiveaways and in-store advertising will guarantee saturation coverage for the movie across the States.
sat·u·ra·tion nounChineseSyllable
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saturation
saturation /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
1. when an event or person is given so much attention by newspapers, television etc that everyone has heard about it:
    The trial was given saturation coverage by the press.
    saturation advertising
2. saturation bombing a military attack in which a whole area is bombed
3. technical the degree to which something has been mixed into something else:
    Keep saturation below 80%.
4. when something is made completely wet


sat·ur·ationBrE /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (often figurative) the state or process that happens when no more of sth can be accepted or added because there is already too much of it or too many of them 饱和;饱和状态a business beset by price wars and market saturation (= the fact that no new customers can be found) 一家受价格战和市场饱和困扰的企业saturation bombing of the city (= covering the whole city) 对那座城市的全面轰炸There was saturation coverage (= so much that it was impossible to avoid it or add to it) of the event by the media. 媒体对这一事件做了连篇累牍的报道。🔊🔊(chemistry 化学) the degree to which sth is absorbed in sth else, expressed as a percentage of the greatest possible 饱和度