Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense embraces, present participle embracing, past tense, past participle embraced
1V-RECIP 抱;拥抱 If you embrace someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, usually in order to show your love or affection for them. You can also say that two people embrace . 抱;拥抱
Penelope came forward and embraced her sister. [VERB noun]
佩内洛普走上前拥抱了她妹妹。
At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other. [VERB noun]
起初人们几乎是喜极而泣,并互相拥抱。
He threw his arms round her and they embraced passionately. [VERB]
2VERB 欣然接受,支持(变革、政治体制、观点等) If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it. 欣然接受,支持(变革、政治体制、观点等) [formal]
He embraces the new information age. [VERB noun]
他迎接新的信息时代的到来。
The new rules have been embraced by government watchdog organizations. [beVERB-ed]