imbed
verb(also embed)
[usually passive]- imbed something (in something)
to fix something in a substance or solid object 嵌入： 将某物固定在物质或固体物体中an operation to remove glass that was imbedded in his leg 移除嵌在他腿上的玻璃的手术 The bullet imbedded itself in the wall. 子弹嵌进了墙壁。 - (figurative)
These attitudes are deeply imbedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change). 这些态度在我们的社会中根深蒂固。
- imbed somebody
to send a journalist, photographer, etc. to an area where there is fighting, so that he or she can travel with the army and report what is happening 派遣（战地记者、摄影记者等） imbedded reporters in the war zone 在战区安插记者
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linguistics 语言学 to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence ‘I’m aware that she knows’, she knows is an imbedded sentence. 嵌入： 将一个句子放在另一个句子中。在“我知道她知道”这句话中，她知道这是一个嵌入式句子。