assimilating [
ə'sɪml.`et]
[机] 同化的, 同化(作用)
assimilating[ adj ]
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
<adj.all>
an assimilative substance
Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Assimilating}.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of
assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See
{Similar}, {Assemble}, {Assimilate}.]
1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.
To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
Bright.
Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
Assimilate all objects. --Cowper.
2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the
substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or
appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and
converted into organic tissue.
Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
their nourishment. --Sir I.
Newton.
His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
--Merivale.
assimilating \assimilating\ adj.
tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being
absorbed into or incorporated).
Syn: assimilative, assimilatory.
[WordNet 1.5]
- These distinctions are crucial to the historical American genius in assimilating ethnic groups, in which quotas were anathema and the "the balanced ticket" was apple pie.
- Takeover rules will be agreed, possibly through Brussels, assimilating the best from all worlds.
- He expects assimilating the refugees, most of whom don't speak Turkish and 20% of whom are skilled fighters, to be difficult.
- At the same time, there are signs that the Japanese businesses are assimilating some of the local culture.