注释：absorb vt. 吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注
absorb in 集中精力做某事；全神贯注于
vt.
1. 吸收(液体、气体等)：
A sponge absorbs water.
海绵吸水。

2. 吸引…的注意；使全神贯注，使专心致志，占去(注意力、精力、兴趣、时间等)：
He was so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
他如此专心致志地读书以致没听见铃响。

3. 理解；掌握：
Can your brain absorb all this information?
你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗?

4. 吸收(食物、思想、文化等)；同化(民族、语言或成分等)，把…并入，使合并：

The empire absorbed many small nations.
该帝国吞并了许多小国。

5. 承受，忍受；经受：
to absorb the changes
经受住变革

6. 负担，承担(费用、经费)：
The company will absorb all the research costs.
这家公司将承担全部研究经费。

7. 消减(振动)，缓冲(震动、颠簸等)：
Cork ceilings absorb sound.
软木制的天花板能减少回音。

8. 吸收(光、热、声音等)：
Light rays are absorbed by black surfaces.
光线被黑色表面吸收(而无反射)。

9. (大量)收买，买进，收购进；(市场)吸纳，接受(商品等)：
The market absorbed all the computers we could build.
市场吸纳了我们所能生产的全部电脑。

accustom adj. 习惯的；通常的；独有的
v. 使习惯于（accustom的过去分词）
词组：
become accustomed to 习惯于；对…变得习以为常
get accustomed to 变得习惯于，习惯于
became accustomed to sth 对…变得习惯起来
例句：
(1) He is accustomed to hard work.
他习惯于做艰苦的工作。
(2) Are you accustomed to life here?
你习惯这里的生活？
(3) Become accustomed to a person's life.
渐渐习惯一个人的生活了。
(4) People became accustomed to my silence.
人们习惯了我的沉默。
(5) He took his accustomed seat by the fire.
他坐在火炉边他常坐的位置上。
(6) You will soon get accustomed to the job.
你将会很快习惯这个工作的。
(7) I'm not quite accustomed to dry weather.
我对干燥的天气十分不习惯。
(8) The child was accustomed to having her way.
这不是我所习惯的那种待遇。
(9) GERMANY is accustomed to hung parliaments .
在德国，无多数议会的出现是习以为常。
(10) Her eyes quickly became accustomed to the dark.
她的眼睛很快适应了黑暗。