单词	assimilate
释义	assimilateas‧sim‧i‧late /əˈsɪməleɪt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINassimilate Origin: 1400-1500 Medieval Latin past participle of assimilare, from Latin assimulare ‘to make similar’, from ad- ‘to’ + simulare ( ➔ SIMULATE) Verb Table VERB TABLE assimilate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they assimilate he, she, it assimilates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they assimilated Present perfect I, you, we, they have assimilated he, she, it has assimilated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had assimilated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will assimilate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have assimilated Continuous Form Present I am assimilating he, she, it is assimilating you, we, they are assimilating Past I, he, she, it was assimilating you, we, they were assimilating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been assimilating he, she, it has been assimilating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been assimilating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be assimilating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been assimilating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Brubeck began to assimilate classical influences into his jazz performances. The person we are looking for must be flexible, creative, and able to assimilate new ideas. When a child is learning something new, they try to assimilate it in terms of what they already know. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An organism assimilates another organism when it makes the latter into something like itself, as food into the body. As a child assimilates and accommodates, all of his or her schemata are elaborated. But whatever they assimilated from other cultures and traditions, they applied in a specifically Judaic context. Rather than oppose it, they shrewdly assimilated the stories into the folklore of Christmas and Saint Nicholas. The result is usually lucid and easy to assimilate. Those Illyrians who did not assimilate probably moved to the less hospitable mountainous areas, but little is known of their fate. Thus, during this period, the infant assimilates all stimuli through the reflex systems. What appears to be contrary can always be assimilated as evidence of repression, or as a defence mechanism. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto understand new facts after studying them► digest to understand new information, especially when there is a large amount of it or when it is difficult to understand, by thinking about it carefully for a fairly long time: · The pub went silent as the villagers digested the news.· By the end of the day, I had a lot of new information to digest. ► take in to understand and remember new facts or information: take something in: · I'm not going to my next class. I'm too tired to take anything in.take in what/why/how etc: · I don't think she really took in what I was telling her.take in something: · She listened attentively, taking in every word he said and asking questions. ► absorb to understand a large amount of new information: · Most people need to read something more than once to absorb all the ideas.· He appeared to understand, but whether he absorbed every detail I cannot say.· A new baby has an enormous capacity for absorbing new information. ► assimilate to understand and use new information or ideas quickly and easily: · The person we are looking for must be flexible, creative, and able to assimilate new ideas.· When a child is learning something new, they try to assimilate it in terms of what they already know. ► sink in if a fact, information etc sinks in , you gradually understand it: · He paused to let this news sink in.· I've been revising all day but I don't think much of it has sunk in. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► child · The child would then assimilate this object into its already formed concept of table, with no further consequence.· The development of cognitive structures is ensured only if the child assimilates and accommodates stimuli in the environment.· As a child assimilates and accommodates, all of his or her schemata are elaborated. ► information · You must continually assimilate new information into the context of your earlier knowledge.· Each day when he had assimilated all the information, he sent it on to Trepassey. VERB► try · Once accommodation has taken place, a child can try again to assimilate the stimulus. 1[transitive] to completely understand and begin to use new ideas, information etc SYN  absorb:  It will take time to assimilate all these facts.2[intransitive, transitive] if people assimilate, or are assimilated into a country or group, they become part of that group and are accepted by the people in that groupassimilate into Refugees find it difficult to become assimilated into the community.
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