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12、ilate...to使（某人）相似；使相同一模一樣；assimilatewith同化；與……融為一體；assimilativea.同化的，引起同化作用的resistant（to）對……有抵抗力的；耐……的；抗……的；防……的12.proficient（in）①a.熟練的；精通的②n.專家；能手13.intermarriagen.異族通婚；近親結(jié)婚相關(guān)詞intermarrywith與……通婚graveyardn.教堂墓地；公墓；垃圾場；政