| 单词 | absorb |
| 释义 | absorb absorb /; ; AmE ; / verb [+ obj]
1 (often be absorbed) to take a smaller business into a larger one so that it becomes part of it; to take unemployed workers from other businesses into a company: Several large clothing chains were absorbed into the group. a scheme to absorb workers from failing industries Some minor telecoms companies will be absorbed by the big players.
2 to be able to deal with high costs, losses or changes without showing any bad effects: The company has absorbed the higher manufacturing costs rather than pass them on to its customers. The energy markets have now absorbed the full impact of the company's collapse. They hoped the government would absorb half the losses of the project.
3 (about a market) to accept and be able to sell a product: It would take the market three or four years to absorb the increase in the number of hotel rooms. ⇨ ACCEPT (6)
4 to use up a large supply of sth, especially money or time: The new proposals would absorb $80 million of the federal budget. |
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