•The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly.欧盟应该保持足够的灵活性，以加快步伐吸收更多的国家为其成员。

•You shouldn't expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.你不应该指望移民能够马上融入一种外国文化中。

•It's hard to assimilate (= learn and understand) so much information.很难吸收这么多的资讯。

•In this form vitamins can be easily assimilated by the body.在这种形态下，维他命非常易于身体吸收。