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as·simi·la·tionBrE /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/NAmE /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/ noun [U] the act of assimilating sb or sth, or being assimilated 吸收；接受◆the rapid assimilation of new ideas 对新思想的迅速吸收◆his assimilation into the community 他融入社区 [U, C] (phonetics 语音学) the act of making two sounds in speech that are next to each other more similar to each other in certain ways, for example the pronunciation of the /t/ in football as a /p/ ; an example of this process 同化（使相邻的两个音发音接近，如 football 中 /t/ 同化为 /p/ ）；同化现象 |