徹する
1
to penetrate;to sink in
2
to devote oneself (to);to do intently and exclusively
大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
3
to do throughout (e.g. the night)
夜を徹するか否か。
Should I stay up all night or not?