5VERB 经受,承受(变革、影响等);承担(费用等) If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them. 经受,承受(变革、影响等);承担(费用等)
The banks would be forced to absorb large losses. [VERB noun]
银行将被迫承受巨大的损失。
We can't absorb those costs. [VERB noun]
我们负担不起那些费用。
6VERB 用掉,花掉(大量金钱);占去(空间、时间) If something absorbs something valuable such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it. 用掉,花掉(大量金钱);占去(空间、时间)
It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment. [VERB noun]
它消耗掉了原本可用于投资的大笔资金。
It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money. [VERB noun]
如果竞选活动没耗费这么多的时间和金钱,情况或许还不会这么糟。
7VERB 理解,掌握(信息) If you absorb information, you learn and understand it. 理解,掌握(信息)
Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual. [VERB noun]
他对于说明书上所说的经常是一知半解。
We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news. [VERB noun]
我们下午两点就放工了,以便给员工时间来慢慢接受这一坏消息。
8VERB 吸引…的注意;使全神贯注 If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy. 吸引…的注意;使全神贯注
...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had. [VERB noun]