1.digest的原意是指“消化食物”,用于比喻可指把众多信息进行整理分类或者“消化理解”,慢慢体会玩味。
2.digest可用作不及物动词,也可以用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接疑问词引导的名词从句; 用作不及物动词时,其主动形式带有被动含义。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Cheese doesn't digest easily.乳酪不易消化。
This food digests well.这种食物容易消化。
This food digests ill.这种食物不容易消化。
Protein digests slowly.蛋白质消化较慢。
His food is still digesting.他吃的食物还没有消化完。
Some foods digest more easily than others.某些食物较其他食物易于消化。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
I just can not digest cheese or eggs.我吃了乳酪或鸡蛋就不能消化。
Mary can't digest fat.玛丽吃肥肉不消化。
We digest our food slowly.我们慢慢地消化食物。
It often takes a long time to digest new ideas.吸收新思想往往需要很长一段时间。
He read rapidly but didn't digest anything.他书读得很快,但什么也没学到。
Have you digested everything that is important in the book?书中所有重要之处你都理解了吗?
You should digest the important points in the book.你应该领会书中的要点。
He is still digesting the bad news.他还在想那条坏消息。
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
Food is digested in the stomach.食物在胃里消化。
These materials have been digested into a book.这些材料已被汇编成书。
▲S+～+wh-clause
You should digest what he said.你应该仔细体会他说的话。

digest, absorb, assimilate
参见absorb条。

The president started reading the press digest over breakfast.总统边用早餐边开始阅读新闻简报。
I read only this digest of the novel.我只读过这本小说的摘要。
There's a digest of all the papers presented at the annual medical convention.这儿有一本医学年会的论文汇编。

digest, abstract, outline, summary
参见abstract条。

［同义词］ n. summary