[VERB 动词]采取;采纳;采用 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
[V n]
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Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
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.
应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。
adoption
...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing.
英国制造业采取日本的管理方法
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[VERB 动词]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.
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[Also V]
There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。
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。
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[VERB 动词]采用,保持(姿势) If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.
我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。
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[VERB 动词]移居(某国);选择(某国)定居 If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.
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Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
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.
他们移居英国的家
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...
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.
女孩不知道该做什么,也不知道该用什么口气说。
Oxford
adopt★/əˈdɒpt; NAmEəˈdɑːpt/verbchild 小孩1★[intransitive , transitive ]to take sb else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s) 收养;领养◆a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动adoptsb ◆to adopt a child领养孩子◆She was forced to have her baby adopted.她被迫把婴儿给人收养。☞collocationsat
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method 方法2★[transitive ]adoptsth to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards sb/sth 采用(某方法);采取(某态度)◆All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。suggestion 建议3★[transitive ]adoptsth to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting 正式通过,表决采纳(建议、政策等)◆to adopt a resolution通过一项决议◆The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。new name/country 新名字╱国家4[transitive ]adoptsth to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own 选用(名字等);移居(某国);承袭(风俗)◆to adopt a name/title/language取名;袭用头衔;采用某语言◆Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。way of behaving 行为方式5[transitive ]adoptsth ( formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc. 采用(某种举止、说话方式等)◆He adopted an air of indifference.他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。candidate 候选人6[transitive ]adoptsb (as sth) ( BrE) ( politics 政) to choose sb as a candidate in an election or as a representative 选定,选举(某人为候选人或代表)◆She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。adoptadoptsadoptedadoptingadopt/əˈdɒpt; NAmEəˈdɑːpt/
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adopta‧dopt /əˈdɒpt $ əˈdɑːpt/ ●●○S3W2 verb
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1child [intransitive, transitive] to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parent → foster: Sally was adopted when she was four. The couple are unable to have children of their own, but hope to adopt.2adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc 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.3style/manner [transitive] 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.4law/rule [transitive] to formally approve a proposal, amendment etc, especially by voting: Congress finally adopted the law after a two-year debate.5name/country etc [transitive] 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.6election [transitive] British English to officially choose someone to represent a political party in an election—adopter noun [countable]—adoptee /əˌdɒpˈtiː $ əˌdɑːp-/ noun [countable]
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