subsume
/səbˈsjuːm/verb
with obj.(常作 be subsumed)
- include or absorb (something) in something else把…包括在内, 包含; 把…并入:
most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
这些现象大部分都可以包括在两大范畴中。
派生词
subsumable
adjectivesubsumption
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'subjoin, add'): from medieval Latin subsumere, from sub- 'from below' + sumere 'take'. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.