assimilate

assimilate
verb
[with obj.]
  1. take in and understand fully (information, ideas, or culture)
    吸收，领会（信息、思想或文化）
    Marie tried to assimilate the week's events.
    玛丽试着融会贯通这个星期里发生的事。
    ■(一般作 be assimilated)absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture
    使（民族、思想或文化）同化
    pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed.
    流行音乐以惊人的速度融入主流音乐。
    ■[no obj.]become absorbed and integrated in this way
    被吸收，被同化
    the older generation had more trouble assimilating.
    老一辈人很难被同化。
    ■absorb or integrate and use for one's own benefit
    吸收并利用，汲取
    the music business assimilated whatever aspects of punk it could turn into profit.
    音乐业界吸收利用了朋客乐可以带来商业利润的各个方面。
    ■(一般作 be assimilated)(of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients)
    （身体，任何生物体）吸收，消化（食物，养料）
  2. regard as similar; liken
    认为相似，使相似
    philosophers had assimilated thought to perception.
    哲学家认为思维与感知相似。
    ■[no obj.]become similar
    成为相似
    the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm.
    宗教信仰近似于一种文化准则。
    ■(Phonetics)make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word
    (语音)使（语音）同化
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assimilable
adjective
assimilation
noun
assimilative
adjective
assimilator
noun
assimilatory
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Latin assimilat- 'absorbed, incorporated', from the verb assimilare, from ad- 'to' + similis 'like'
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