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源自拉丁语 'digestio',意为分解或分类,来自动词 'digerere'(分开、分配)。
❶ 消化过程,指食物在体内被分解吸收的生理过程,通常发生在胃和肠道中。
“Good digestion is essential for absorbing nutrients from food.”
(良好的消化对于从食物中吸收营养至关重要。)
“Some people have problems with digestion after eating spicy food.”
(有些人在吃辛辣食物后会出现消化问题。)
❶ 理解或吸收信息的过程,比喻像消化食物一样逐步理解复杂的内容。
“After reading the book, I needed time for digestion of its ideas.”
(读完这本书后,我需要时间消化其中的思想。)
“The lecture was so dense that digestion of all the information was difficult.”
(讲座内容太密集,很难一下子消化所有信息。)
digestive system — 消化系统,指人体内负责消化食物的器官组合,包括胃、肠等。
“The digestive system breaks down food into nutrients the body can use.”
(消化系统将食物分解成身体可以利用的营养物质。)