assimilation

英 [əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn]

美 [əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn]

n. 吸收; 接受; 同化(使相邻的两个音发音接近，如football中t的发音为p); 同化现象

BNC.12513 / COCA.9369

牛津词典

noun

吸收；接受
the act of assimilating sb or sth, or being assimilated
1. the rapid assimilation of new ideas
  对新思想的迅速吸收
2. his assimilation into the community
  他融入社区
同化（使相邻的两个音发音接近，如football中t的发音为p）；同化现象
the act of making two sounds in speech that are next to each other more similar to each other in certain ways, for example the pronunciation of the /t/ in football as a /p/ ; an example of this

V-ERG （使）同化；（使）融入
When people such as immigrantsassimilate intoa community or when that communityassimilatesthem, they become an accepted part of it.
1. There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate...
  种种迹象表明新一代亚裔美国人也愿意入乡随俗。
2. His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities...
  他一家人试图融入白人和西班牙裔社区。
3. The Vietnamese are trying to assimilate themselves and become Americans...
  这些越南人正在努力融入美国社会，成为美国人。
4. French Jews generally had been assimilated into the nation's culture.
  法裔犹太人已经被这个国家的文化同化了。
VERB 吸收；接受；学习
If youassimilatenew ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them.
1. I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
  我无话可说，一时还无法接受他对我所说之事的严重性。

noun

in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Synonym:acculturation
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Synonym:absorption
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Synonym:absorption
the state of being assimilated