assimilate

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vt. 使同化, 吸收, 使相拟, 把...比作 vi. 被吸收, 被同化

发音

UK /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
US /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
AU
IN /əˌsɪmˌleʈ/
IN /ə.sɪ.mɪˈleʈ/

词形变化

assimilated assimilates 三单 assimilates assimilateth assimilating assimilating 现在分词 assimilated 过去式 assimilated 过去分词 more assimilate 比较级 most assimilate 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

吸收;使同化;把…比作;使相似

动词

吸收;同化

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is or has been assimilated.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Something that is like, similar to another.

    废旧
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

    及物

    Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

  2. 2.

    To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

    及物

    The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

  3. 3.

    To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

    及物

    March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland

  4. 4.

    To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

    及物

    The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.

  5. 5.

    To liken, compare to something similar.

    罕用 及物
  6. 6.

    To become similar.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Assimilated.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Similar, like, the same as.

    废旧

词汇关系

词源

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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