vt.

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

   躯体吸收蛋白质。

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

   吸收那么多思想很不容易。

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

   美国同化了千百万移民。

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

   把征服者比作强盗

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.

   有些外国人容易被我们的生活方式同化。

3. 成为相似[（+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.