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embrace vt.拥抱,互相拥抱,包含,收买,信奉,接纳,支持vi.拥抱 n.拥抱 Embrace is from the French verb embrasser, which started out meaning "to clasp in the arms" (but now includes kissing). You embrace someone by giving her a giant hug, and when you embrace a new idea, it's like your brain gives it a hug. The noun and verb form are similar: If you embrace someone who isn't your sweetheart, you might get caught in an embrace. In Henry IV, Shakespeare writes about a really, really tight embrace: "I will embrace him with a soldier's arm/That he shall shrink under my courtesy." ★★☆☆☆ 2010.3

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[im'breis] To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms, hold, hug, accept completely. You might embrace your sweetheart, or even changes in technology. Marketers have embraced the two-step flow because it suggests that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those selected people will do most of the work for them. 1[V-RECIP 相互动词]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 .   [V n (non-recip)]  [pl-n V]  [usu with supp]Penelope came forward and embraced her sister...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...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.他伸出手臂搂住她，他们热情相拥。Embrace is also a noun....a young couple locked in an embrace.紧紧拥抱在一起的年轻情侣2[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]He embraces the new information age...他迎接新的信息时代的到来。The new rules have been embraced by government watchdog organizations.政府监察机构已经欣然接受了这些新规则。Embrace is also a noun.The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith.这桩婚姻标志着詹姆斯皈依了天主教。3[VERB 动词]包括；接纳 If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]...a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour.将囊括人类活动的各个领域的理论

英语单词	embrace
英美音标	[im'breis]
中文释义	vt.拥抱,互相拥抱,包含,收买,信奉,接纳,支持 vi.拥抱 n.拥抱
vocab简明	To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms, hold, hug, accept completely. You might embrace your sweetheart, or even changes in technology.
vocab扩展	Embrace is from the French verb embrasser, which started out meaning "to clasp in the arms" (but now includes kissing). You embrace someone by giving her a giant hug, and when you embrace a new idea, it's like your brain gives it a hug. The noun and verb form are similar: If you embrace someone who isn't your sweetheart, you might get caught in an embrace. In Henry IV, Shakespeare writes about a really, really tight embrace: "I will embrace him with a soldier's arm/That he shall shrink under my courtesy."
真题原句	Marketers have embraced the two-step flow because it suggests that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those selected people will do most of the work for them.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [V-RECIP 相互动词]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 . [V n (non-recip)] [pl-n V] [usu with supp] Penelope came forward and embraced her sister... 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... 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. 他伸出手臂搂住她，他们热情相拥。 Embrace is also a noun. ...a young couple locked in an embrace. 紧紧拥抱在一起的年轻情侣 2 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] He embraces the new information age... 他迎接新的信息时代的到来。 The new rules have been embraced by government watchdog organizations. 政府监察机构已经欣然接受了这些新规则。 Embrace is also a noun. The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith. 这桩婚姻标志着詹姆斯皈依了天主教。 3 [VERB 动词]包括；接纳 If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] ...a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour. 将囊括人类活动的各个领域的理论
来源	2010.3

Embrace People [V D Hug Accept Sweetheart Verb