acculturate
verb [intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acculturate | |
| he / she / it acculturates | |
| past simple acculturated | |
| past participle acculturated | |
| -ing form acculturating |
- acculturate (somebody) (to something)
to learn to live successfully in a different culture; to help somebody to do this （使）适应新的文化，融入…文化 people who have acculturated to the United States 已经适应美国文化的人 The course is designed to acculturate new staff. 这门课程旨在让新员工适应文化。
Word Origin1930s: from ac- + culture + -ate. The noun acculturation dates from the late 19th cent.