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Adopt 1638.Adopt 英 ə'Dɒpt]美 ə'Dɑpt 释义 Vt 采取;接受;收养;正式通过vi

正面 1638.adopt
英 [ə'dɒpt]美 [ə'dɑpt]

背面
释义:
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。

1、co- "intensive prefix" + oper- "close, cover" => cooper- => cover.2. over 上面——cover盖上(在…上面盖上某东西)
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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