vt.

1. 消化吸收（食物）
   The body assimilates protein.

   軀體吸收蛋白質。

2. 吸收（知識等）；理解
   It's not easy to assimilate so many ideas.

   吸收那麼多思想很不容易。

3. 使（民族、語音）同化[（+to/into）]
   America has assimilated millions of immigrants.

   美國同化了千百萬移民。

4. 使相似[（+to/with）]
5. 把……比作[（+to/with）]
   assimilate a conqueror to a robber

   把征服者比作強盜

vi.

1. 被吸收；被消化
   Some foods assimilate easily.

   有些食物很容易被吸收。

2. 被同化[（+into）]
   Some foreigners assimilate easily into our way of life.

   有些外國人容易被我們的生活方式同化。

3. 成為相似[（+to/with）]

v.

1. take in and fully understand (information or ideas).
   ▸(of a society or culture) absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture).
2. absorb and digest (food or nutrients).
3. regard as or become similar.
4. Phonetics  make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word.