- 吸收(液体、气体等):
Blotting paper absorbs ink.
吸墨水纸吸墨水。
A sponge absorbs water.
海绵吸水。
- 吸引…的注意;使全神贯注,使专心致志,占去(注意力、精力、兴趣、时间等):
She was absorbed in study.
她专心学习。
He was so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
他如此专心致志地读书以致没听见铃响。
This job absorbs all of my time.
这项工作占去了我的全部时间。
She was absorbed in her reading.
她在专心读书。
- 理解;掌握:
Can your brain absorb all this information?
你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗?
to absorb its meaning
理解其含义
- 吸收(食物、思想、文化等);同化(民族、语言或成分等),把…并入,使合并:
The small firms were absorbed into large cartels.
这些小公司被大企业联盟兼并了。
The empire absorbed many small nations.
该帝国吞并了许多小国。
- 承受,忍受;经受:
to absorb the changes
经受住变革
- 负担,承担(费用、经费):
to absorb the cost
承担费用
The company will absorb all the research costs.
这家公司将承担全部研究经费。
- 消减(振动),缓冲(震动、颠簸等):
Cork ceilings absorb sound.
软木制的天花板能减少回音。
to absorb shock
缓冲震动
- 吸收(光、热、声音等):
Light rays are absorbed by black surfaces.
光线被黑色表面吸收(而无反射)。
to absorb sound and light
吸收声音和光
- (大量)收买,买进,收购进;(市场)吸纳,接受(商品等):
to absorb a shop
盘进一家商店
The market absorbed all the computers we could build.
市场吸纳了我们所能生产的全部电脑。
- [古语]吞没,吞噬,席卷:
be absorbed by oblivion
湮没无闻
- 【生物学】(通过渗透作用)吸收(经消化的食物、氧气等)进入血液