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assimilate/əˈsimileit/v. 1 tr.a absorb and digest (food etc.) into the body 消化，吸收(食物等) b absorb (information etc.) into the mind 接受，吸取(信息等) c absorb (people) into a larger group 接纳，接受(新成员) 2 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to, with) make like; cause to resemble 同化；使同化 3 tr. Phonet. make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word 【语音】使(语音)同化，相似 4 intr. be absorbed into the body, mind, or a larger group 被吸收；被接纳 □ assimilable adj.□ assimilation /-ˈleiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ assimilative adj.□ assimilator n.□ assimilatory /-lət(ə)ri/ adj.[Middle English from Latin assimilare (as AD-, similis ‘like’)] |