assimilate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
美 /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Something that is or has been assimilated.
— At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant[.]
- Something that is like, similar to another.
动词 v.
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To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
— Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
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To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
— The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
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To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
— The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
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To liken, compare to something similar.
— The use of an animal to kill, wound or threaten is assimilated to the use of a weapon.
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
— March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland
- To become similar.
- To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
形容词 adj.
- Assimilated.
- Similar, like, the same as.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble.
词源 2
First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
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