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Adopt Verb Adopted 例:The Accent Tone Adoption 英[əˈdɒpʃn

单词 adoption
音标
英[əˈdɒpʃn] 美[əˈdɑpʃn]
解释
n.采用,收养;
例句

VERB
采取;采纳;采用
If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例:There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
例: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。

VERB
采用,保持(姿势)
If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.
例: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。

VERB
移居(某国);选择(某国)定居
If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.
例: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。
例:...their adopted home in England.他们移居英国的家

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
pl:adoptions~

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