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Adoption Refers Word Act Taking 英 ə'Dɒpʃn] 美 ə'Dɑːpʃn

英语单词 adoption
英美音标 英 [ə'dɒpʃn] 美 [ə'dɑːpʃn]
中文释义 n.采用;采纳;收养
英语例句 (1) The adoption of the new technology improved the production.
(2) The word is now English by adoption.
(3) The adoption of this policy would relieve the unions of a tremendous burden.
(4) He was pleased by the adoption of a little girl.
(5) They resigned their child to an adoption agency.
中文例句 (1) 新技术的采用增加了产量。
(2) 这个词现在已被采纳为英语。
(3) 采纳这一政策将会减轻工会的沉重负担。
(4) 他对收养了一个女孩感到高兴。
(5) 他们把自己的孩子交给了一家收养机构。
vocabulary简明 Adoption is the act of taking something on as your own. Adoption usually refers to the legal process of becoming a non-biological parent, but it also refers to the act of embracing ideas, habits, or free kittens.
vocabulary扩展 Adoption comes from the Old French word adoptare, meaning "to chose for oneself.” Feel like adding an option? Try adoption. Adoption is the noun form of adopt, so it not only refers to legally taking another person into your family, it can be any time you take something on as your own. If you start dressing like a friend, that's an adoption of your friend's style. If that friend wears micro-miniskirts, your parents might put you up for adoption.

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