| 英语单词 | subsume |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [səb'sjuːm] 美 [səb'suːm] |
| 中文释义 | v.归入;纳入;包含;包括 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This creature can be subsumed in the class of reptiles. (2) The new treaty subsumes all past agreements. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这种生物可以归入爬行动物一类。 (2) 新协议包含了所有过往的契约。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Subsume means to absorb or include. A successful company might subsume a failing competitor through a merger, or love may subsume you in the early stages of a romance. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Subsume is a verb that comes from the Latin words sub, which means “from below,” and sumere, which means “take.” So subsume means “to take from below,” like a sneak attack by some kind of deep-sea creature. Sailors and scuba divers should beware of monsters from the blackest depths waiting to subsume them. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]将…归入,将…纳入(更大的组织或范畴) If something is subsumed within a larger group or class, it is included within it, rather than being considered as something separate. [ [ [Also V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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