absorb/əbˈsɔːb/
vt.1. 吸收（液体）；承受；承担We will not absorb these charges.我们不能承担这些费用。
2. 吸取（知识）；占有This job absorbs all of my time.这件工作占有了我的全部时间。
To follow and absorb a newspaper article is a little bit hard as it requires a high level of mental involvement.读懂一篇文章比较吃力，因为需要高度的脑力活动。
3. 吸引；使专心；使全神贯注to absorb in study专心研读
The writer was absorbed in his writing that he forgot to flick the ashes from his cigar.作家全神贯注地进行写作，忘了弹去雪茄烟的烟灰。
4. 并吞；兼并to absorb the small states兼并小国
5. 支付；负担The company will absorb all the costs.公司将负担一切费用。
6. 理解to absorb the full meaning of a remark理解一句话的全部意义