as·sim·i·late /əˈsɪməˌlet/
(vt.)使同化,比較,比擬,吸收,吸取(vi.)被吸收,被同化
as·sim·i·late /əˈsɪməˌlet/ 動詞
同化物
As·sim·i·late, v. i.
1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood. --Arbuthnot.
3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. --J. H. Newman.
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As·sim·i·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating ]
1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John Bright.
Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
Assimilate all objects. --Cowper.
2. To liken; to compa░e. [R.]
3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. --Sir I. Newton.
His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. --Merivale.
assimilate
v 1: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of
his tribe" [syn: absorb, ingest, take in]
2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want
to assimilate quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
3: make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very
quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
4: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: imbibe]
5: become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the
following consonant" [ant: dissimilate]