一、詳細釋義:


vt.

吸收(液體,氣體,光,聲等) [T]


例句:

The soil can absorb the rainwater.

土壤會吸收雨水。


例句:

Plants absorb carbon from the air.

作物從空氣中吸收炭。


汲取,理解(知識等) [T]


例句:

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them. ——William Osler

買書沒有讀書難,讀書沒有消化書難?!獖W斯勒


例句:

Celia attempted to absorb as much as she could at high speed.

西莉亞努力理解這目不暇接的一切。


使全神貫注;吸引(注意等)(+in/by) [T]


例句:

The young man was absorbed by the noises.

這個年輕人被聲音吸引。


例句:

He was absorbed in his book.

他在全神貫注地讀書。


合并(公司等);吞并(+into) [T]


例句:

Large nations shouldn't absorb smaller ones.

大國不應(yīng)當吞并小國。


例句:

Large companies sometimes absorb smaller ones.

大公司有時會吞并較小的公司。


承受;經(jīng)受 [T]


例句:

She won't be able to absorb another heavy blow.

她無力承受再一次沉重的打擊。


例句:

I couldn't absorb the additional hardships.

我不能忍受額外的困苦。


承擔(費用) [T]


例句:

We will not absorb these charges.

我們不能承擔這些費用


例句:

The company will absorb all the costs.

公司將承擔一切費用。


二、詞義辨析:


absorb,suck,digest,incorporate

這些動詞均有“吸收”之意。 absorb普通用詞,詞義廣泛,既可指吸收光、熱、液體等具體東西,又可指吸收知識等抽象概念的東西。 suck作“吸收”解時,可與absorb換用,但還可有“吮吸”之意。 digest側(cè)重在消化道內(nèi)改變食物的化學(xué)結(jié)構(gòu)后被人體吸收。 incorporate指一物或多物與它物相融合,形成一整體。


三、參考例句:


Cotton gloves absorb sweat.

棉手套吸汗。


Cork ceilings absorb sound.

軟木制的天花板能減少回音。


There, absorb the lesson.

然后在會上多加學(xué)習。


Cotton gloves?absorb?sweat.

棉手套吸汗。


Darker surfaces absorb more heat.

深色表面吸收更多的熱量。


Dark-colored fabrics absorb the radiation.

深色纖維可吸收熱輻射。


You have absorb'd me.

你吸引了我的全部注意。


Plants absorb carbon from the air.

作物從空氣中吸收炭。


I couldn't absorb the additional hardships.

我不能忍受額外的困苦。


Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.