imbibe /ɪmˈbaɪb/ TEM8 ( imbibing, imbibed, imbibes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. 喝; 饮(酒) [FORMAL, HUMOROUS]

  例：

  They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol.

  他们曾经常大量饮酒。

  例：

  No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing.

  无人相信应该鼓励现在滴酒不沾的人开始去饮酒。

• 2. 

  V-T If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. 吸收; 接受(想法或论点) [正式]

  例：

  As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.

  作为牧师之子，他从襁褓时就耳濡目染并接受了一套神秘信仰。