| 正面 | 1638.adopt 英 [ə'dɒpt]美 [ə'dɑpt] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1、co- "intensive prefix" + oper- "close, cover" => cooper- => cover.2. over 上面——cover盖上(在…上面盖上某东西)vt. 采取;接受;收养;正式通过vi. 采取;过继 例句: 1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。 adopt 采纳前缀ad-, 去,往。词根opt, 选择,见option. adoptadopt: see opinionadopt (v.)c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c. 1600. Related: Adopted; adopting." |
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