absorb
absorb 英 [əbˈsɔ:b] 美 [əbˈsɔrb]
vt. 吸收
进行时:absorbing 过去式:absorbed 过去分词:absorbed 第三人称单数:absorbs
- To absorb is to take in or suck up like a sponge. If you don't hear your mother calling because you are reading, you could say you were absorbed in the book.
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- vt. 吸收
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1. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
植物吸收空气中的二氧化碳。
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2. The cream is easily absorbed into the skin.
这种乳霜皮肤易吸收。
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3. The country simply cannot absorb so many refugees.
这个国家实在没有能力接纳这么多难民。
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4. The surrounding small towns have been absorbed into the city.
四周的小城镇已并入这座城市。
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5. This work had absorbed him for several years.
这项工作曾使他沉迷了好几年。
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6. Black walls absorb a lot of heat during the day.
黑色墙壁在白天吸收大量的热。
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7. The company is unable to absorb such huge losses.
公司无法承受如此巨大的损失。
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8. This tennis racket absorbs shock on impact.
这款网球拍能减轻撞击所产生的剧烈震动。
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9. The new proposals would absorb $80 billion of the federal budget.
这些新提案将耗费 800 亿元联邦政府预算。
- absorb (v.) early 15c., from Old French absorbir, assorbir (13c., Modern French absorber), from Latin absorbere "to swallow up, devour," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + sorbere "suck in," from PIE root *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (source also of Armenian arbi "I drank," Greek rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lithuanian srebiu, srėbti "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely grip (one's) attention" is from 1763.
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