absorption
/əbˈsɔːpʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another（被）吸收; （被）合并：
East Germany's absorption into West Germany
东德并入西德
shock absorption.
减震。
2
- the fact or state of being engrossed in something被吸引; 全神贯注：
her absorption in the problems of the Third World.
她对第三世界问题的专注。
派生词
absorptive
adjective词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense the 'swallowing up of something'）： from Latin absorptio（n-）, from absorbere 'swallow up' （see ABSORB）.