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贯穿
guàn chuān
Meaning
- to run through
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Definition
穿过，连通；也比喻思想、原则等在整个过程中连续存在或体现。
to run through; to penetrate; to permeate, often used metaphorically for ideas or principles that are present throughout a process or entity.
Usage
作动词，后接具体或抽象宾语，表示从一端到另一端通过或连续存在。
Used as a verb, followed by a concrete or abstract object, indicating passing through from one end to the other or continuous presence.
Examples
- 1 这条铁路贯穿整个国家。 (This railway runs through the whole country.)
- 2 他的演讲贯穿了环保理念。 (His speech was permeated with environmental concepts.)
- 3 这个故事贯穿着一条爱情主线。 (This story is threaded with a main love line.)
- 4 时间贯穿了人类历史的所有阶段。 (Time runs through all stages of human history.)
- 5 这种精神贯穿了他的整个职业生涯。 (This spirit permeated his entire career.)
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