| 释义 |
as·simi·la·tionBrE /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/ NAmE /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn/ noun [U ]the act of assimilating sb or sth , or being assimilated 吸收；接受◆ the rapid assimilation of new ideas 对新思想的迅速吸收◆ his assimilation into the community 他融入社区[U , C ](phonetics语音学) 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 process 同化（使相邻的两个音发音接近，如 football 中 /t / 同化为 /p / ）；同化现象 |