单词 | assimilate |
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音标 | [ə'simileit] |
解释 | v.同化;吸收 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 同化;吸收(to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking) 【记】 as+simil(相同)+ate →使相同→同化 【同】 同根词:simulate(伪 装,模仿); similarity(相似性) 【例】 I can't assimilate all this new information so quickly. The company quickly assimilated the new employees. |
字源 | assimilate (v.) early 15c., from Latin assimilatus "feigned, pretended, fictitious," past participle of assimilare "to make like," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + simulare "make similar," from similis "like, resembling" (see similar). Originally transitive (with to); intransitive use first recorded 1837. Related: Assimilated; assimilating. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 同化; 吸收(消化后把营养消耗并吸收在体内) 【例】America has assimilated many people from all corners of the world 美国同化了许多来自世界各地的人. He has to assimilate the facts 他应该理解这些事实. 【根】simil相同-使相同-同化 【参】simulate(vt 模拟, 冒充); similarity(n 相似性) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】as + similar(相同)+ate →使相同→同化 【相关】simulate 模仿 |
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