单词 | adopt |
释义 | adopt /a'dopt; a'dapt/ vt [VP6A] 1 take (sb) into one's family as a relation, esp as a son or daughter, with legal guardianship: 以合法监护人的身份将 (某人) 收入家中为亲属; (尤指) 收养 (某人) 为养子或养女: As they had no children of their own, they ~ed an orphan. 他们没有亲生儿女,就收养了一个杯儿。 → foster. 2 take, eg an idea or custom, and use: 采纳; 采取 (意见,风俗等); 采用: European dress has been ~ed by people in many parts of the world. 欧洲服式为世界许多地方的人们所采用。 3 accept, eg a report or recommendation: 接受 (报吿,建议等): Congress ~ed the new measures. 国会通过了新的议案。 adoption /a'dopjn; a'dapjan/ n ~ing or being ~ed: 收养; 采纳; 采取; 采用; 接受: Me country of his ~ion. 他所归化的国家。 adoptive adj taken by ~ion: 收养的; 采取的: his ~ive parents. 他的养父及养母。 |
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