assimilation

同化

少数の文化集団が、多数派の習慣や暮らし方を取り入れること。

やさしい英語で： The process of a smaller cultural group adopting the customs and ways of the main group.

• Assimilation changed the community’s traditions.
• Some families resisted forced assimilation.
• The debate focused on cultural assimilation and the loss of language.

使い方： assimilation into something (Assimilation into the wider society took several generations.)

よく使う表現： cultural assimilation, forced assimilation, assimilation into society

同化、吸収

何かを取り込むこと、またはより大きな全体の一部になること。

やさしい英語で： The process of taking something in or becoming part of a larger whole.

• Assimilation happened gradually.
• The report describes the assimilation of separate units into one organization.
• Complete assimilation requires changes on both sides.

使い方： assimilation of something into something (The assimilation of these parts into one system took months.)

類義語： absorption, incorporation, integration

よく使う表現： gradual assimilation, complete assimilation, assimilation into something

同化

新しい情報を、すでに持っている物事の理解の枠組みに取り込むこと。

やさしい英語で： The process of fitting new information into the way you already understand things.

• Assimilation connects new ideas with familiar ones.
• The teacher encouraged the assimilation of new information.
• Children use assimilation when they fit new experiences into familiar categories.

使い方： assimilation of something into something (Learning involves the assimilation of new facts into existing knowledge.)

類義語： absorption, incorporation

よく使う表現： assimilation of ideas, assimilation of knowledge

同化

食物から得た物質を、体が自分の細胞の材料に変えること。

やさしい英語で： The process by which the body changes substances from food into material for its own cells.

• Assimilation helps the body build new tissue.
• The study measured nutrient assimilation in young animals.
• Poor assimilation of protein can slow growth.

使い方： assimilation of something (Illness can interfere with the assimilation of nutrients.)

よく使う表現： nutrient assimilation, assimilation of nutrients

同化

ある発音が、近くにある別の音に似た音へ変わること。

やさしい英語で： A change in which one speech sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

• Assimilation can make speech easier.
• Nasal assimilation changes the sound before a particular consonant.
• We heard examples of assimilation in everyday conversation.

よく使う表現： consonant assimilation, nasal assimilation, sound assimilation