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amalgamate A and B
及物用法，表示将两者合并。
The company decided to amalgamate its two departments.
公司决定合并其两个部门。
合并；融合
amalgamating — present participle of amalgamate
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
合并；融合
to combine or unite into a single whole
The company decided to amalgamate its two departments.
公司决定合并其两个部门。
合并；结合；融合；联合。
To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
使金属与水银形成合金。
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
通过识别各自的同构子群来合并(自由群)。
To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
amalgamate
Base
原形
amalgamates
3rd person
第三人称单数
amalgamating
-ing
现在分词
amalgamated
Past
过去式
amalgamated
Past participle
过去分词
The two companies amalgamate to form a new entity.
这两家公司合并形成一个新的实体。
The two small schools decided to amalgamate into one larger school.
这两所小学校决定合并成一所更大的学校。
Several local clubs amalgamated to share their resources.
几个本地俱乐部合并起来共享资源。
Our company is planning to amalgamate with a partner firm.
我们公司正计划与一家合作公司合并。
及物用法，表示将两者合并。
The company decided to amalgamate its two departments.
公司决定合并其两个部门。
不及物用法，表示合并成某个整体。
The small firms amalgamated into a single corporation.
这些小公司合并成了一家集团公司。
Not this
The two companies amalgamated to a single entity.
Use this
The two companies amalgamated into a single entity.
当表示合并成一个整体时，动词 amalgamate 应搭配介词 into，而非 to。
Not this
The amalgamate of different ideas is interesting.
Use this
The amalgamation of different ideas is interesting.
amalgamate 是动词，不可作名词；表示“混合物”或“合并”的名词形式是 amalgamation。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
与…合并
The small firm decided to amalgamate with a larger competitor.
这家小公司决定与一家更大的竞争对手合并。
合并成为
Several local clubs amalgamated into one national association.
几个地方俱乐部合并成了一个全国性协会。
合并组成
The two schools amalgamated to form a new academy.
这两所学校合并组成了新学院。
合并公司
The board voted to amalgamate the two companies.
董事会投票决定合并这两家公司。
合并部门
Management plans to amalgamate the sales and marketing departments.
管理层计划合并销售部和市场部。
与汞混合形成汞齐
In dentistry, the metal powder is amalgamated with mercury to form a filling.
在牙科中，金属粉末与汞混合形成填充物。
Use amalgamating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
amalgamate 里有 mate（伙伴），联想伙伴们聚在一起合成一体，就是“合并、融合”。
语域：formal 常见场景：商业与法律文件、学术写作、正式报告 amalgamate 通常用于比较正式的书面语境，如商业、法律或学术写作；日常口语中更常说 merge 或 combine。
Genuine sound match: 'amalgam' /əˈmælɡəm/ shares the beginning /əˈmælɡəm/ with the target but ends in /əm/. The final '-mate' in 'mate' and 'estimate' (verb) has the same /meɪt/ sound as the target's ending, but these words do not rhyme with 'amalgamate' because the main stress falls on the second syllable /mæl/, not the final syllable. Watch out: 'matte' is spelled like a near-lookalike but is pronounced /mæt/, and 'amass' starts with /əˈmæs/ and has no /l/ sound.
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