imbed
verb(also embed)
[usually passive]- imbed something (in something)
to fix something in a substance or solid object 嵌入： 將某物固定在物質或固體物體中an operation to remove glass that was imbedded in his leg 移除嵌在他腿上的玻璃的手術 The bullet imbedded itself in the wall. 子彈嵌進了牆壁。 - (figurative)
These attitudes are deeply imbedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change). 這些態度在我們的社會中根深蒂固。
- imbed somebody
to send a journalist, photographer, etc. to an area where there is fighting, so that he or she can travel with the army and report what is happening 派遣（戰地記者、攝影記者等） imbedded reporters in the war zone 在戰區安插記者
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linguistics 語言學 to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence ‘I’m aware that she knows’, she knows is an imbedded sentence. 嵌入： 將一個句子放在另一個句子中。在“我知道她知道”這句話中，她知道這是一個嵌入式句子。