assimilate
- IPA[əˈsɪmɪleɪt]
英式
- take in and understand fully (information or ideas)；absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture
verb: assimilate, 3rd person present: assimilates, gerund or present participle: assimilating, past tense: assimilated, past participle: assimilated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. take in and understand fully (information or ideas) Marie tried to assimilate the week's events
- ▪ absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed 同義詞
- ▪ become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture the older generation had more trouble assimilating
- ▪ (of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients) the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body 同義詞
- 2. regard as similar; liken philosophers had assimilated thought to perception
- ▪ become similar the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm
- ▪ make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word the ‘v’ in ‘fivepence’ may be assimilated to a voiceless ‘f’ (because of the ‘p’)
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- IPA[əˈsiməˌlāt]
美式
- take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully: Marie tried to assimilate the week's events
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