assimilate
verb[IorT]
uk/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/us/əˈsɪm.ə.leɪt/assimilateverb[I or T](JOIN)
tobecomepartof agroup,country,society, etc., or to make someone or somethingbecomepartof agroup,country,society, etc.:
加入;融入;(使)同化TheEuropeanUnionshouldremainflexibleenough to assimilate morecountriesquickly.欧盟应该保持足够的灵活性,以加快步伐吸收更多的国家为其成员。
You shouldn'texpectimmigrantsto assimilateintoanaliencultureimmediately.你不应该指望移民能够马上融入一种外国文化中。
Including and containing
- absorptive capacity
- all in
- assimilable
- buildsomethingin/intosomething
- built-in
- carry
- cast
- enshrine
- extend
- factor
- factorsomethingin
- forget
- in
- package
- pepper
- peppersomethingwithsomething
- plug(something/someone)intosomething
- reincorporate
- reincorporation
- rich
assimilateverb[I or T](LEARN)
tounderstandandremembernewinformationand make itpartofyourbasicknowledgeso that you can use it asyourown:
吸收(信息等);学习(知识等)It's hard to assimilate so muchinformation.很难吸收这么多的信息。
Learning & knowing
- absorptive capacity
- academy
- acquire
- acquisition
- autodidact
- autodidactic
- extension
- familiar
- journey
- non-library
- onboard
- onboarding
- outlearn
- pick
- sit
- uncultured
- unlearnable
- unteachable
- upskill
- upskilling
assimilateverb[I or T](ABSORB)
toabsorbfoodor asubstanceinto thetissueof alivingorganism:
吸收(营养等)In thisformvitaminscan beeasilyassimilated by thebody.在这种形态下,维生素非常易于身体吸收。
Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- biodiversity
- botany
- entomological
- entomologist
- eukaryote
- fight-or-flight
- food chain
- morphology
- poisonous
- recolonization
- recolonize
- regeneration
- regenerative
- restimulate
- zoology
assimilateverb[I or T](OF SOUNDS)
[IorT]phoneticsspecialized
(of aspeechsound) to beinfluencedby thesoundthat comes before or after it; (of aspeaker) topronounceaspeechsoundin a way that isinfluencedby thesoundthat comes before or after it:
Here, in thesound[tʃ], theinitialdentalsound[t] islostand assimilatedto[ʃ].
Theyfoundthatvelarandlabialconsonantssometimes assimilate inEnglish.
Intheiranalysis, theyfindthatspeakersprefernot to assimilatesibilantsorlabials.
- The /v/ in "fivepence" will bedevoiced(because of thefollowing/p/) and mayevenbe assimilated to avoiceless/f/: /faifpens/.
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- mispronunciation
- phonology
- schwa
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
- suprasegmental