assimilate /əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt/ CET6 TEM8 ( assimilating, assimilated, assimilates )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it. 同化; 被同化

  例：

  There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate.

  各种迹象表明新的亚裔美籍人简直一样愿意被同化。

  例：

  His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities.

  他的家人努力融入到白人和拉美人社区。

• 2. 

  assimilation N-UNCOUNT 同化

  例：

  They promote social integration and assimilation of minority ethnic groups into the culture.

  他们提倡少数民族团体与该文化的社会融合及同化。

• 3. 

  V-T If you assimilate new ideas, customs, or techniques, you learn them or adopt them. 吸纳

  例：

  My mind could only assimilate one impossibility at a time.

  我的头脑一次只能吸纳一件不可能的事情。

• 4. 

  assimilation N-UNCOUNT 吸纳

  例：

  This technique brings life to instruction and eases assimilation of knowledge.

  这种技术给教学带来活力，并使知识的吸收更加容易。