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Subsume Means Subsumed D 英 Səb'sjuːm] 美 Səb'suːm V.归入;纳入;包含;包括

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
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[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.
  [be V-ed prep]
  [be V-ed]
  [Also V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • After that the two alliances might be subsumed into a new European security system...

    从那以后,这两个联盟将可能会被纳入一个新的欧洲安全体系之中。

  • Scottish football would be subsumed by a British League.

    苏格兰足球将被纳入某个英国足球联赛。

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