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单词 assimilate
释义
assimilate
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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 FAMILY
assimilate: assimilable, assimilated, assimilates, assimilating, assimilation, assimilative, assimilator, assimilatory+/assimilation: assimilations/assimilator: assimilators
USAGE EXAMPLES
Rather 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, detribalize
cause 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
The 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
2
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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