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absorb vt.吸收；吸引 ... 的注意；吞并；承受 (1) 干沙吸收水份。(2) 他的业务使他全神贯注。(3) 大国不应当吞并小国。(4) 她无力承受再一次沉重的打击。 If your parents buy groceries for a party you are throwing and don't make you pay, you could say that they decided to absorb the cost of the food. Young minds absorb information easily. The word, absorbent, describes something that is capable of absorbing something else. When you go swimming on a chilly day, it's best to carry an absorbent towel so that all of the water is absorbed from the surface of your skin.

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英 [əb'sɔːb] 美 [əb'sɔːrb] (1) Dry sand absorbs water.(2) His business absorbs him.(3) Large nations shouldn't absorb smaller ones.(4) She won't be able to absorb another heavy blow. To absorb is to take in or suck up like a sponge. If you don't hear your mother calling because you are reading, you could say you were absorbed in the book. 1[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。2[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。3[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4[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5[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。6[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。7[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。8[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

英语单词	absorb
英美音标	英 [əb'sɔːb] 美 [əb'sɔːrb]
中文释义	vt.吸收；吸引 ... 的注意；吞并；承受
英语例句	(1) Dry sand absorbs water. (2) His business absorbs him. (3) Large nations shouldn't absorb smaller ones. (4) She won't be able to absorb another heavy blow.
中文例句	(1) 干沙吸收水份。 (2) 他的业务使他全神贯注。 (3) 大国不应当吞并小国。 (4) 她无力承受再一次沉重的打击。
vocabulary简明	To absorb is to take in or suck up like a sponge. If you don't hear your mother calling because you are reading, you could say you were absorbed in the book.
vocabulary扩展	If your parents buy groceries for a party you are throwing and don't make you pay, you could say that they decided to absorb the cost of the food. Young minds absorb information easily. The word, absorbent, describes something that is capable of absorbing something else. When you go swimming on a chilly day, it's best to carry an absorbent towel so that all of the water is absorbed from the surface of your skin.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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 4 [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 5 [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。 6 [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。 7 [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。 8 [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

Absorb N Verb 动词 [V Ed Absorbed Takes