assimilate

英 [əˈsɪməleɪt]

美 [əˈsɪməleɪt]

v.  透彻理解; 消化; 吸收; (使)同化; 使吸收，使接受(想法、态度等)

过去分词：assimilated　现在分词：assimilating　过去式：assimilated　第三人称单数：assimilates　

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同义词辨析

absorbassimilateimbibe【导航词义：吸收】

牛津词典

verb

• 透彻理解；消化；吸收
  to fully understand an idea or some information so that you are able to use it yourself
  1. The committee will need time to assimilate this report.
     委员会需要时间来吃透这个报告。
• （使）同化
  to become, or allow sb to become, a part of a country or community rather than remaining in a separate group
  1. New arrivals find it hard to assimilate.
     新来者感到难以融入当地社会。
  2. Immigrants have been successfully assimilated into the community.
     外来移民顺利地融入当地社会。
• 使吸收，使接受（想法、态度等）
  to make an idea, a person's attitude, etc. fit into sth or be acceptable
  1. These changes were gradually assimilated into everyday life.
     这些改变逐渐渗进了日常生活。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）同化；（使）融入
  When people such as immigrantsassimilate intoa community or when that communityassimilatesthem, they become an accepted part of it.
  1. There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate...
     种种迹象表明新一代亚裔美国人也愿意入乡随俗。
  2. His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities...
     他一家人试图融入白人和西班牙裔社区。
  3. The Vietnamese are trying to assimilate themselves and become Americans...
     这些越南人正在努力融入美国社会，成为美国人。
  4. French Jews generally had been assimilated into the nation's culture.
     法裔犹太人已经被这个国家的文化同化了。
• VERB 吸收；接受；学习
  If youassimilatenew ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them.
  1. I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
     我无话可说，一时还无法接受他对我所说之事的严重性。

英英释义

verb

• become similar to one's environment
  1. Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
• make similar
  1. This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
• become similar in sound
  1. The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
• take up mentally
  1. he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
  Synonym:absorbingesttake in
• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  Synonym:imbibe

双语例句

• We are ready to assimilate and draw upon the science and technology and managerial experience that are useful to us.
  我们将吸收和利用对我有用的发达国家的科学技术和管理经验。
• The students assimilate knowledge rapidly.
  学生们吸收知识极为迅速。
• They tried to assimilate themselves into the new community.
  他们试图使自己与新社区的居民融为一体。
• There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate
  种种迹象表明新一代亚裔美国人也愿意入乡随俗。
• Do you assimilate all that you read?
  你彻底了解你所阅读的一切吗？
• We should assimilate the good things in ancient Chinese culture, as well as in foreign cultures.
  对中国古代的文化，我们要吸收其中有益的东西，同样，对外国的也应如此。
• I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
  我无话可说，一时还无法接受他对我所说之事的严重性。
• His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities
  他一家人试图融入白人和西班牙裔社区。
• You have to assimilate the facts, not just remember them.
  你要完全了解这些事实，不仅仅是记得这些事实。
• Europeans and Jews do not readily assimilate.
  欧洲人和犹太人不易同化。