assimilate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they assimilate | |
| he / she / it assimilates | |
| past simple assimilated | |
| past participle assimilated | |
| -ing form assimilating |
- [transitive] assimilate something
to fully understand an idea or some information so that you are able to use it yourself 透彻理解；消化；吸收 The committee will need time to assimilate this report. 委员会需要时间来吃透这个报告。 Some people can only assimilate change gradually. 有些人只能逐渐同化变化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become, or allow somebody to become, a part of a country or community rather than remaining in a separate group （使）同化，融入 - assimilate (into/to something)
New arrivals find it hard to assimilate. 新来者感到难以融入当地社会。 Many new immigrants have not yet assimilated fully into the new culture. 许多新移民还没有充分融入新的文化中。 - assimilate somebody (into/to something)
Immigrants have been successfully assimilated into the community. 外来移民顺利地融入当地社会。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- thoroughly
- …
- into
- assimilate (into/to something)
- [transitive, often passive]
to make an idea, a person’s attitude, etc. fit into something or be acceptable 使吸收，使接受（想法、态度等） - be assimilated into/to something
These changes were gradually assimilated into everyday life. 这些改变逐渐渗进了日常生活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- thoroughly
- …
- into
- be assimilated into/to something
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.