assimilation
n[U]
1 process of assimilating or being assimilated (被)吸收或同化的過程.
2 (phonetics 語音) change in a speech sound when it becomes similar to another speech sound next to it 同化(一個語音受相鄰語音影響而產生與之相同或相似的變化).
??? 情景例句
Of course.
當然。
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.