1. Plants absorb oxygen.
    植物吸收氧气.

2. Unlike sulfa drugs, penicillin is made up of plant material that the body can absorb.
    与磺胺药不同，盘尼西林是由人体可吸收的植物材料制成的，

3. It is then left completely undisturbed with plenty of food and water so that it can absorb the atmosphere of its new home and see that nothing particularly alarming is happening to its companions.
    然后给它以充足的食物和水，一定不要惊扰它，以便让他能适应新居的气氛，并且看到自己的同伴身上没有发生让自己担惊受怕的事。

4. I have also learned to absorb whole sentences without trying to translate them word for word into Chinese.
    我还学会了领悟整个句子，而不去逐词译成汉语。

5. I took out my books, but my mind refused to absorb anything.
    我拿出了书本，但我的脑子里什么东西也装不进去了。