absorb

英 [əb\"zɔːb; -\"sɔːb] 美 [əb\"zɔb]

• 翻译

  vt. 吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注

英 [əb\"zɔːb; -\"sɔːb]||||||美 [əb\"zɔb]

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vt. 吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注

absorb 吸收

前缀ab-,此处用于强调义。词根sorb,吸收，吮吸，拟声词。

absorb

absorb:

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Absorb

comes, via French

absorber

, from Latin

absorbēre

, a compound verb formed from the prefix

ab

- ‘away’a,n,d

sorbēre

‘suck up, swallow’. Words connected with drinkinga,n,dswallowing quite often contain the sounds

s

or

sh

,

r

,a,n,d

b

or

p

– Arabic, for instance, has

surāb

, which gave us

syrup

–a,n,dthis noisy gulping seems to have been reflected in an Indo- European base, *

srobh

-, which lies behind both Latin

sorbēre

and Greek

ropheín

‘suck up’.

absorb (v.)

early 15c., from Middle French

absorber

(Old French

assorbir

, 13c.), from Latin

absorbere

\\\\\\\"to swallow up,\\\\\\\" from

ab-

\\\\\\\"from\\\\\\\" (see ab-) +

sorbere

\\\\\\\"suck in,\\\\\\\" from PIE root

*srebh-

\\\\\\\"to suck, absorb\\\\\\\" (cognates: Armenian

arbi

\\\\\\\"I drank,\\\\\\\" Greek

rhopheo

\\\\\\\"to sup greedily up, gulp down,\\\\\\\" Lithuanian

srebiu

\\\\\\\"to drink greedily\\\\\\\"). Figurative meaning \\\\\\\"to completely grip (one\\\\\\\"s) attention\\\\\\\" is from 1763. Related:

Absorbed

;

absorbing

.

1. The material can

absorb

outward-going radiation from the Earth.

该物质可以吸收地球向外辐射的能量。

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2. The banks would be forced to

absorb

large losses.

银行将被迫承受巨大的损失。

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3. His ability to

absorb

bits of disconnected information was astonishing.

他吸收利用互不相关的零碎信息的能耐惊人。

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4. Steel barriers can benda,n,d

absorb

the shock.

钢制栅栏可以弯曲并能吸收冲击力。

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5. We can\\\\\\\"t

absorb

those costs.

我们负担不起那些费用。

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