v.使同化；吸收

The USA has assimilated people from many different countries. 美國已經(jīng)同化了許多來自不同國家的人。

Europeans and Jews do not readily assimilate. 歐洲人和猶太人不易同化。

Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly. 移民經(jīng)常想迅速同化。

It is difficult to assimilate a lot of information. 難于在較短時間內(nèi)攝取許多信息。

assimilate指吞沒或吸取某物致使其失去個性或消失,并將汲取之物轉(zhuǎn)變成吸收者的基本成分的意思。

assimilate可用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作簡單賓語。

assimilate也可用作不及物動詞,這時主動形式表被動意義。