acculturate
verb🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/
🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acculturate | 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/ 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it acculturates | 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪts/ 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪts/ |
| past simple acculturated | 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle acculturated | 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form acculturating | 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- acculturate (somebody) (to something)
to learn to live successfully in a different culture; to help somebody to do this （使）适应新的文化，融入…文化 people who have acculturated to the United States 适应美国的人 The course is designed to acculturate new staff. 该课程旨在培养新员工。
Word Origin1930s: from ac- + culture + -ate. The noun acculturation dates from the late 19th cent.