| 单词 | assimilate |
| 释义 | assimilate (once / 1094 pages) 1v 2v If you are trying to fit in, you are trying to assimilate. Imported from Latin, assimilate has the word similar within it and in fact, means "to become like something else." If someone moves to another country, he or she will need to assimilate by adapting to and taking in the language, culture and customs of the new place. You can also turn the phrase around to say that a country assimilates immigrants, which means that a place accepts immigrants and allows them to adapt easily. In scientific use, the body assimilates nutrients as a part of digestion. WORD FAMILYassimilate: assimilable, assimilated, assimilates, assimilating, assimilation, assimilative, assimilator, assimilatory+/assimilation: assimilations/assimilator: assimilators USAGE EXAMPLESRather than trying to win converts or assimilating in their new home, Parsis formed self-contained communities that effectively barred intermarriage. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) All of them - including the followers of the Islamic faith are warm friendly people who are very eager to assimilate into American society. New York Times(Jun 30, 2016) But the immigrant reactions to this foreign culture are not monolithic, ranging from an eagerness to assimilate to a desperate need to return home. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1 1v make similar This country assimilates immigrants very quickly Ant|Hyper dissimilate make dissimilar; cause to become less similar alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v become similar to one's environment Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly Ant|Hypo|Hyper dissimilate become dissimilar or less similar acculturate assimilate culturally detribalise, detribalizecause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity adapt, adjust, conform adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions 3v become similar in sound 2The nasal assimilates to the following consonant Ant|Hyper dissimilate become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 1v take up mentally Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorb, ingest, take in imbibe receive into the mind and retain acquire, larn, learn gain knowledge or skills 2v take (gas, light or heat) into a solution Syn|Hyper imbibe absorb become imbued |
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