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The word "adopt" has multiple meanings as a verb. It can mean to take up a new attitude, plan, or behavior; to legally take someone else's child into your family; to assume a physical position; to choose a country to live in; or to use a particular accent or tone of voice. The word can also be used in the context of adopting practices or habits from others.

The word "adopt" has multiple meanings as a verb. It can mean to take up a new attitude, plan, or behavior; to legally take someone else's child into your family; to assume a physical position; to choose a country to live in; or to use a particular accent or tone of voice. The word can also be used in the context of adopting practices or habits from others.

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/ədɒ̱pt/
1
[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]
  [Also V n as n]
  • 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。

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  • ...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 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.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  [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。

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  • 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。

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  • 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 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。

4
[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.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • 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

5
[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 ; NAmE əˈdɑːpt / verb child 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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foster v.2 ()
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 ) 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。 adopt adopts adopted adopting
adopt / əˈdɒpt ; NAmE əˈdɑːpt /
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adopta‧dopt /əˈdɒpt $ əˈdɑːpt/ ●●○ S3 W2 verb
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1child [intransitive, transitive] to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parentfoster:  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 electionadopter noun [countable]adoptee /əˌdɒpˈtiː $ əˌdɑːp-/ noun [countable]
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adopt

[əˈdɒpt]adopted, adopting, adopts

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adopted[8872] adopting[1231] adopts[209]
采用(72%),收养(19%),接受(9%)
vi.采取;过继
vt.采取;接受;收养;正式通过

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