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assimilating

/verb uh-sim-uh-leyt; noun uh-sim-uh-lit, -leyt/US // verb əˈsɪm əˌleɪt; noun əˈsɪm ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //UK // (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) //

同化,同化的,吸收,吸纳

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v.有主动词 verb
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    as·sim·i·lat·ed, as·sim·i·lat·ing.

    • : to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
    • : to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a dominant social group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust: to assimilate the new immigrants.
    • : Physiology. to convert to substances suitable for incorporation into the body and its tissues.
    • : to cause to resemble.
    • : to compare; liken.
    • : Phonetics. to modify by assimilation.
v.无主动词 verb
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    as·sim·i·lat·ed, as·sim·i·lat·ing.

    • : to be or become absorbed.
    • : to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a dominant social group, nation, or the like: The new arrivals assimilated easily and quickly.
    • : Physiology. to be converted into the substance of the body; be absorbed into the system.
    • : to bear a resemblance.
    • : Phonetics. to become modified by assimilation.
n.名词 noun
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    • : something that is assimilated.

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Examples

  • Despite the 21 years I did in prison for a drug conviction, I am assimilating back into mainstream or, dare I say, white America.

  • There are no easy solutions to assimilating refugees into a solid culture.

  • And the Process or Method of study, if it be an Assimilating one, also compels this co-operation.

  • Mazzini repudiated any artificial assimilating of the sexes; but their differing functions were equally sacred and necessary.

  • He adds then a reflection, evincing that he was assimilating some of the philosophy of life as well as of fighting.

  • In assimilating the animal and vegetable kingdoms, Linnus denominates seeds the eggs of plants.

  • You know that, to quote what Gurney said one evening, to attain to assimilating your thought is the chief purpose of one's life.