一、详细释义:
vt.
吸收(液体,气体,光,声等) [T]
例句:
The soil can absorb the rainwater.
土壤会吸收雨水。
例句:
Plants absorb carbon from the air.
作物从空气中吸收炭。
汲取,理解(知识等) [T]
例句:
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them. ——William Osler
买书没有读书难,读书没有消化书难。——奥斯勒
例句:
Celia attempted to absorb as much as she could at high speed.
西莉亚努力理解这目不暇接的一切。
使全神贯注;吸引(注意等)(+in/by) [T]
例句:
The young man was absorbed by the noises.
这个年轻人被声音吸引。
例句:
He was absorbed in his book.
他在全神贯注地读书。
合并(公司等);吞并(+into) [T]
例句:
Large nations shouldn't absorb smaller ones.
大国不应当吞并小国。
例句:
Large companies sometimes absorb smaller ones.
大公司有时会吞并较小的公司。
承受;经受 [T]
例句:
She won't be able to absorb another heavy blow.
她无力承受再一次沉重的打击。
例句:
I couldn't absorb the additional hardships.
我不能忍受额外的困苦。
承担(费用) [T]
例句:
We will not absorb these charges.
我们不能承担这些费用
例句:
The company will absorb all the costs.
公司将承担一切费用。
二、词义辨析:
absorb,suck,digest,incorporate
这些动词均有“吸收”之意。absorb普通用词,词义广泛,既可指吸收光、热、液体等具体东西,又可指吸收知识等抽象概念的东西。suck作“吸收”解时,可与absorb换用,但还可有“吮吸”之意。digest侧重在消化道内改变食物的化学结构后被人体吸收。incorporate指一物或多物与它物相融合,形成一整体。
三、参考例句:
Cotton gloves absorb sweat.
棉手套吸汗。
Cork ceilings absorb sound.
软木制的天花板能减少回音。
There, absorb the lesson.
然后在会上多加学习。
Cotton gloves absorb sweat.
棉手套吸汗。
Darker surfaces absorb more heat.
深色表面吸收更多的热量。
Dark-colored fabrics absorb the radiation.
深色纤维可吸收热辐射。
You have absorb'd me.
你吸引了我的全部注意。
Plants absorb carbon from the air.
作物从空气中吸收炭。
I couldn't absorb the additional hardships.
我不能忍受额外的困苦。
Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.