assimilate

英 [ə'sɪməleɪt] 美 [ə'sɪməleɪt]

• v. 使同化；吸收

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 吸收,消化

   take in and appropriate as nourishment

2. vt. & vi. 同化

   take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend

英英释义

Verb:

1. take up mentally;

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
   

2. become similar to one's environment;

   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
   

3. make similar;

   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
   

4. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

5. become similar in sound;

   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The USA has assimilated people from many different countries.
   美国已经同化了许多来自不同国家的人。
2. Europeans and Jews do not readily assimilate.
   欧洲人和犹太人不易同化。
3. Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly.
   移民经常想迅速同化。
4. Some foods are assimilated more easily than others.
   有些食物比另一些食物容易吸收。
5. It is difficult to assimilate a lot of information.
   难于在较短时间内摄取许多信息。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Some kinds of food assimilate easily.
   有些种类的食物容易被吸收。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. You have to assimilate the facts, not just remember them.
   你要完全了解这些事实,不仅仅是记得这些事实。
2. A good student assimilates knowledge quickly.
   好学生吸收知识快。

经典引文

• Falsehood by long use is assimilated to the mind, as poison to the body.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Marx and Engels..had assimilated with remarkable rapidity the social and historical thinking of their time.

  出自： E. Wilson

• Poussin was a learned artist who had studied and assimilated the poses of antique sculpture.

  出自： K. Clark

• Showed a detailed knowledge of the subject matter which could not have been assimilated within so short a time.

  出自： H. Wilson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

assimilate into (v.+prep.)

(使)逐渐混合于(某一更大的群体) make (sb or sth) gradually become part of (a larger group)
assimilate sb into sth
America has assimilated millions of immigrants into its way of life.

美国使数百万移民适应了其生活方式。
They tried to assimilate themselves into the new community.

他们试图使自己与新社区的居民融为一体。 assimilate into sth
Some foreigners assimilate easily into our way of life.

有些外国人很容易被我们的生活方式同化。
People of different nationalities often take some time to be assimilated into a country.

不同民族的人常常要经过一段时间才能为一个国家的人民所同化。

assimilate to (v.+prep.)

〈正〉使与(某物)相同,相似 make (sth) like (sth else)
assimilate sth to sth
They assimilated their customs and behavior to the new environment.

他们改变了他们的风俗和行为以适应新环境。
Many people who are disillusioned in reality assimilate life to a dream.

许多对现实失望的人把人生比作一场梦。
Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighbouring consonants.

辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。
By living a long time with the Indians, he was assimilated to them in his thinking and actions.

由于长期和印第安人共同生活,他在思想和行动上都被他们同化了。

assimilate with (v.+prep.)

逐渐接受(另一民族)的语言、习惯、生活方式而被同化 gradually take to oneself the language, customs, and way of life of (another people)

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• assimilate actively 积极吸收
• assimilate easily 很容易被吸收
• assimilate fully 完全被同化
• assimilate readily 易同化
• assimilate unhesitatingly 毫不犹豫地吸收
• assimilate whole-heartedly 全心地吸收

～+介词

• assimilate...into 使…适应
• assimilate oneself to new surroundings 使自己适应新环境
• assimilate...with 与…同化

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. assimilate指吞没或吸取某物致使其失去个性或消失,并将汲取之物转变成吸收者的基本成分的意思。
2. assimilate可用作及物动词,接名词或代词作简单宾语。
3. assimilate也可用作不及物动词,这时主动形式表被动意义。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

assimilate, absorb, digest

• 这三个词意义相近,都可指“吸收”,也都强调“吸收的彻底性”。其区别是：
• 1.食物首先是digest(消化),然后在血液里absorb(吸收),最后在血液所流过的每一个细胞里一点点地assimilate(转化)为吸收体的物质。
• 2.在语气上, assimilate＞digest＞absorb。

assimilate, embody, identify, incorporate

• 这组词都可表示“结合”。它们之间的区别是:identify指把事实上相同或认为是相同的事物等同起来; incorporate指把相同或不相同的事物结合或融合成一个均匀一致的整体; embody指把各部分依次归并成一个有组织、有系统的结构; assimilate指使两件或两件以上的相似物融合成整体,或使一件事物同化另一件事物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• absorb 吸收
• digest 摘要
• take in 接受
• integrate 整合
• adapt 改编
• adjust 调整
• blend in 融入
• conform 使一致
• go native 入乡随俗
• espouse 支持
• embrace 拥抱
• incorporate 合并
• domesticate 驯养
• understand 懂得
• learn 学会
• up 向上
• blot 污点
• soak 使浸透
• soak up 吸收
• blot up 吸干
• ingest 咽下
• imbibe 饮

【反义词】

• dissimilate 不同

派生词

v.(动词)

• assimilation n. 吸收；同化