被吸進去、變成裡面的一部分
換個角度看同一個畫面：這次的主角是被吸進去的那一方——進去之後就融在裡面，不再是獨立的一塊。
absorb (into something larger) · verb · B2
to become part of something larger
併入；融入
核心畫面
Picture a dry sponge dropped onto a : the water does not sit on top, it goes in and disappears into the sponge. Two things follow from that one picture — the sponge now holds what it took in, and the is gone. English uses the first half for taking in water, heat and information, and the second half for a shock, a cost, or a small company that vanishes into a big one.
可以想成：一塊乾海綿丟到一灘水上——水不會停在表面，它整個進去，然後就不見了。這一個畫面同時給了兩件事：海綿把東西收…更多收起
可以想成：一塊乾海綿丟到一灘水上——水不會停在表面，它整個進去，然後就不見了。這一個畫面同時給了兩件事：海綿把東西收進體內，而外面那攤東西消失了。英文兩邊都拿去用：前半用在吸水、吸熱、吸收知識；後半用在吸掉一記衝擊、吸收一筆成本，或是一家小公司被大公司吃進去、從此看不見。From the picture
吸掉衝擊、成本與資源
海綿吸水之後，地上就沒有水了。同樣的道理：把撞擊、費用或時間「吸」進自己身上，外面就看不到影響——差別在於這次被吸走的是壓力和資源。
absorb (costs/changes) · verb · B2
if a person or organization absorbs changes or costs, they accept them and deal with them successfully
承擔；消化
把人的注意力全吸走
這次被吸進去的是一個人的注意力：一件事有趣到把你整個吸住，其他事情就進不來了。
absorb (attention) · verb · B2
To hold all of someone's attention, so they notice nothing else around them.
使全神貫注
Also in this word
absorb (liquid/gas) · verb · B2
To take in liquid, gas, or another substance so that it stays inside.
吸收
absorb (light/sound) · verb · B2
To take in light, heat, energy, or sound instead of sending it back.
吸收（光熱）
absorb (information) · verb · B2
To understand and keep in your mind a lot of new information at once.
吸收；理解
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
absorbverb/əbˈzɔːb/
- 1
To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
- In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.
- 2
obsoleteTo engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- to be absorpt, or swallowed up, in a lake of fire and brimstone.
- 3
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- 4
To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
- The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
- 5
chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo take in energy and convert it.
- Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
- 6
chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo take in energy and convert it.
- 7
chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo take in energy and convert it.
- 8
chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo take in energy and convert it.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
- 9
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
- Geeka was cooking dinner. As the little girl played she prattled continuously to her companion, propped in a sitting position with a couple of twigs. She was totally absorbed in the domestic duties of Geeka – so much so that she did not note the gentle swaying of the branches of the tree above her as they bent to the body of the creature that had entered them stealthily from the jungle.
- Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.
- 10
To occupy or consume time.
- 11
To assimilate mentally.
- If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat them.
- 12
businessTo assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- Among the most debatable is the contention that the profit margins of small employers are insufficient to absorb the costs of health insurance
- 13
To defray the costs.
- I’ll absorb the charge for the window replacement.
- 14
To accept or purchase in quantity.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。