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adopt

美音:[ə´dɔpt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[ə´dɔpt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vt.采用,收养

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名词:adopter 动词过去式:adopted 过去分词:adopted 现在分词:adopting 第三人称单数:adopts 形容词:adoptable

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opt=to wish(希望)

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assume  choose  reject    

adopt


/ə'dɒpt; ə`dɑpt/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (as sth) take sb into one's family, esp as one's child or heir 收养某人(尤指作为儿女或继承人); 过继
*Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan. 他们因没有亲生儿女, 所以决定领养一个孤儿.
* Paul's mother had him adopted because she couldn't look after him herself. 保罗的母亲因为自己无力抚养他, 便将他送给别人收养了.
* He is their adopted son. 他是他们的养子. Cf 参看 foster 2.
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sb as sth choose sb as a candidate or representative 挑选某人作候选人或代表
*She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York. 她被提名为约克郡的工党候选人.
3 [Tn] take over and have or use (sth) as one's own 采纳; 采取; 采用
*adopt a name, a custom, an idea, a style of dress 取名, 随俗, 采纳一意见, 采用一服装式样
* adopt a hard line towards terrorists 对恐怖分子采取强硬态度
* her adopted country, ie not her native country but the one in which she has chosen to live 她所选择居留的国家(非其祖国而由其自择居留的国家).
4 [Tn] accept (eg a report or recommendation); approve 接受, 通过(如报告或建议); 批准
*Congress has adopted the new measures. 国会通过了新的议案.

adopt


v
1【child】
2 adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc
3【style/manner】
4【law/rule】
5【name/country etc】
6【election】
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad- 'to' + optare 'to choose']
【CHILD】 [I and T]
to take someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent
foster (11)
 Sally was adopted when she was four.
 The couple are unable to have children of their own, but hope to adopt.
adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc [T]
to start to deal with or think about something in a particular way
 The courts were asked to adopt a more flexible approach to young offenders.
 The store recently adopted a drug testing policy for all new employees.
 California has adopted a tough stance on the issue.
【STYLE/MANNER】 [T]
to use a particular style of speaking, writing, or behaving, especially one that you do not usually use
 Kim adopts a southern accent when speaking to family back home.
【LAW/RULE】 [T]
to formally approve a proposal, amendment etc, especially by voting
 Congress finally adopted the law after a two-year debate.
【NAME/COUNTRY ETC】 [T]
to choose a new name, country, custom etc, especially to replace a previous one
 Stevens became a Muslim and adopted the name Yusuf Islam.
 Becoming a member of a society means adopting its values.
【ELECTION】
BrE [T]
to officially choose someone to represent a political party in an election
>adoptern[C]
>adoptee [ə,dɔp'tiː (US) ə,dɑːp-/
1. Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan.
    他们因没有亲生儿女, 所以决定领养一个孤儿.

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