The flashcard defines "absorb" as a verb with multiple meanings. These include taking in substances or energy, merging entities, reducing impact, managing changes or costs, consuming resources, and understanding information. It also covers how something can absorb one's attention.
The flashcard defines "absorb" as a verb with multiple meanings, including taking in liquids, gases, or energy, merging with larger groups, reducing impact, dealing with changes or costs, using up resources, and understanding information. It also notes that something that absorbs can also capture one's attention.
[VERB 动词]吸收（液体、气体等） If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
[V n]
[be V-ed into n]
Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil...
植物从空气中吸收二氧化碳并从土壤中汲取水分。
Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
精制糖迅速吸收进血液中。
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[VERB 动词]吸收（光、热等能量） If something absorbs light, heat, or another form of energy, it takes it in.
[V n]
A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat.
家用取暖器吸收电流能量，再以热量的形式释放出来。
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[VERB 动词]合并；兼并；吸收并同化 If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.
[be V-ed into n]
[V n]
The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office.
殖民部被并入了外交部。
...an economy capable of absorbing thousands of immigrants.
能够吸纳数千移民的经济实体
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[VERB 动词]消减，缓冲（外力、震动等） If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect.
[V n]
...footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground.
不具备减震功能的鞋子
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[VERB 动词]经受，承受（变革、影响等）；承担（费用等） If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them.
[V n]
The banks would be forced to absorb large losses...
银行将被迫承受巨大的损失。
We can't absorb those costs.
我们负担不起那些费用。
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[VERB 动词]用掉，花掉（大量金钱）；占去（空间、时间） If something absorbs something valuable such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.
[V n]
It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment...
它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。
It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money.
如果竞选活动没耗费这么多的时间和金钱，情况或许还不会这么糟。
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[VERB 动词]理解，掌握（信息） If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.
[V n]
Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual...
他对于说明书上所说的经常是一知半解。
We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news.
我们下午两点就放工了，以便给员工时间来慢慢接受这一坏消息。
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[VERB 动词]See also:
absorbed
；
absorbing
；吸引…的注意；使全神贯注 If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
[V n]
...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had.
比演艺生涯更让她投入的又一职业
Oxford
ab·sorb★/əbˈsɔːb; NAmEəbˈsɔːrb//əbˈzɔːb; NAmEəbˈzɔːrb/verbliquid/gas 液体；气体1★to take in a liquid, gas or other substance from the surface or space around 吸收（液体、气体等）absorbsth ◆Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air.植物吸收空气中的二氧化碳。absorbsth into sth ◆The cream is easily absorbed into the skin.这种乳霜皮肤易吸收。make part of sth larger 使并入2[often passive ]to make sth smaller become part of sth larger 使并入；吞并；同化absorbsth ◆The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在没有能力接纳这么多涌入的难民。absorbsth into sth ◆The surrounding small towns have been absorbed into the city.四周的小城镇已并入这座城市。information 信息3★absorbsth to take sth into the mind and learn or understand it 理解；掌握SYN
take in
◆It's a lot of information to absorb all at once.要一下子消化这些资料，真是很多。interest sb 引起兴趣4absorbsb to interest sb very much so that they pay no attention to anything else 吸引全部注意力；使全神贯注SYN
engross
◆This work had absorbed him for several years.这项工作曾使他沉迷了好几年。heat/light/energy 热；光；能5absorbsth to take in and keep heat, light, energy, etc. instead of reflecting it 吸收（热、光、能等）◆Black walls absorb a lot of heat during the day.黑色墙壁在白天吸收大量的热。shock/impact 震动；撞击6absorbsth to reduce the effect of a blow, hit, etc. 减轻（打击、碰击等的）作用◆This tennis racket absorbs shock on impact.这款网球拍能减轻撞击所产生的剧烈震动。☞see also
shock absorber
money/time/changes 金钱；时间；变化7absorbsth to use up a large supply of sth, especially money or time 耗费，耗去（大量金钱、时间等）◆The new proposals would absorb $80 billion of the federal budget.这些新提案将耗费 800 亿元联邦政府预算。8absorbsth to deal with changes, effects, costs, etc. 承受，承担，对付（变化、结果、费用等）◆The company is unable to absorb such huge losses.公司无法承受如此巨大的损失。absorbabsorbsabsorbedabsorbingab·sorb/əbˈsɔːb; NAmEəbˈsɔːrb/
1liquid/gas to take in liquid, gas, or another substance from the surface or space around something: Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.absorb something into something Water and salts are absorbed into our bloodstream.2information to read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it: Her capacity to absorb information is amazing.3interest to interest someone so much that they do not pay attention to other things: The movement and noise of the machines absorbed him completely.be absorbed in something Judith lay on the settee, absorbed in her book.4become part of something to become part of something larger: California absorbs many of the legal immigrants to the US.be absorbed into something We were soon absorbed into local village life.5light/heat/energy/noise if something absorbs light, heat, energy, or noise, it takes it in: Darker surfaces absorb heat.6deal with change/costs if something absorbs changes or costs, it accepts them and deals with them successfully: The beer industry had absorbed a doubling of federal tax in 1991.7money/time if something absorbs money, time etc, it uses a lot of it: Defence spending absorbs almost 20% of the country’s wealth.8force to reduce the effect of a sudden violent movement: A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on your feet.
WDF
absorb
[əbˈsɔ:b]absorbed, absorbing, absorbs
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absorbed[2685] absorbing[976] absorbs[739]
吸收(94%)，承受(4%)，吞并(1%)，吸引 ... 的注意(1%)
vt.吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注
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