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adopt
ədɒpt əˈdɑpt
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense adopts, present participle adopting, past tense , past participle adopted
1 VERB 采取；采纳；采用 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. 采取；采纳；采用 [Also V n as n]

  • Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops. [VERB noun]

    议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。

  • Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment. [VERB noun]

    应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。

SYN take on, follow, support, choose
adoption

  • ...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing.

    英国制造业采取日本的管理方法

2 VERB 收养;领养 If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter. 收养;领养 [Also VERB]

  • There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child. [VERB noun]

    有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。

  • The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate. [VERB-ed]

    被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。

SYN take in, raise, nurse, mother
adopter

  • A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters.

    一名社工被任命对有意收养者进行面试。

adoption

  • They gave their babies up for adoption.

    他们放弃自己的婴儿，让别人领养。

  • The majority of adoptions are successful.

    大多数的收养都是成功的。

3 VERB 采用，保持（姿势） If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it. 采用，保持（姿势） [formal]

  • I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs. [VERB noun]

    我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。

4 VERB 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居 If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live. 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居

  • Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession. [VERB noun]

    波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。

  • ...their adopted home in England. [VERB-ed]

    他们移居英国的家

SYN select, choose, pick, nominate
5 VERB 采用（语气、口音等） If you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation. 采用（语气、口音等）

  • He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster. [VERB noun]

    他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。

  • The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt. [VERB noun]

    女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

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Thesaurusadopt Also look up:
VERB.

approve, endorse, support; (ant.) refuse, reject 1

care for, raise, take in 2

Word Linkopt ≈ choosing : adopt, co-opt, opt
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