as·simi·la·tion/əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn; NAmEəˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/noun1[uncountable ]the act of assimilatingsb 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2[uncountable , countable ]( phonetics 语音) 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 footballas a /p /;an example of this 同化(使相邻的两个音发音接近,如 football 中 t 的发音为 p);同化现象assimilationassimilationsas·simi·la·tion/əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn; NAmEəˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/
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assimilationas‧sim‧i‧la‧tion /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/ noun
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1[uncountable + of] the process of understanding and using new ideas2[uncountable + into] the process of becoming an accepted part of a country or group
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