adopt

英 [əˈdɒpt]

美 [əˈdɑːpt]

v.  收养; 领养; 采用(某方法); 采取(某态度); 正式通过，表决采纳(建议、政策等)

过去分词：adopted　过去式：adopted　现在分词：adopting　第三人称单数：adopts　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1157 / COCA.1632

牛津词典

verb

小孩 child
• 收养；领养
  to take sb else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
  1. a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt
     鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动
  2. to adopt a child
     领养孩子
  3. She was forced to have her baby adopted.
     她被迫把婴儿给人收养。
方法 method
• 采用（某方法）；采取（某态度）
  to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards sb/sth
  1. All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
     三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。
建议 suggestion
• 正式通过，表决采纳（建议、政策等）
  to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting
  1. to adopt a resolution
     通过一项决议
  2. The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.
     委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。
新名字 / 国家 new name/country
• 选用（名字等）；移居（某国）；承袭（风俗）
  to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own
  1. to adopt a name/title/language
     取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言
  2. Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.
     欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。
行为方式 way of behaving
• 采用（某种举止、说话方式等）
  to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.
  1. He adopted an air of indifference.
     他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。
候选人 candidate
• 选定，选举（某人为候选人或代表）
  to choose sb as a candidate in an election or as a representative
  1. She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
     她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 采取；采纳；采用
  If youadopta new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 youadoptsomeone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.
  1. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
     有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
  2. 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 youadopta physical position, you move yourself into it.
  1. 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 youadopta country, you choose it as a place to live.
  1. 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。
  2. ...their adopted home in England.
     他们移居英国的家
• VERB 采用（语气、口音等）
  If youadoptan accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• take into one's family
  1. They adopted two children from Nicaragua
  Synonym:take in
• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
  1. His voice took on a sad tone
  2. The story took a new turn
  3. he adopted an air of superiority
  4. She assumed strange manners
  5. The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
  Synonym:assumeacquiretake ontake
• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  1. She embraced Catholicism
  2. They adopted the Jewish faith
  Synonym:espouseembracesweep up
• put into dramatic form
  1. adopt a book for a screenplay
  Synonym:dramatizedramatise
• take up and practice as one's own
  Synonym:borrowtake overtake up
• choose and follow
  1. She followed the feminist movement
  2. The candidate espouses Republican ideals
  Synonym:followespouse
• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  1. When will the new President assume office?
  Synonym:assumetake ontake over

双语例句

• In no way am I going to adopt any of his methods
  我绝对不会采纳他的任何方法。
• They did not have enough money to adopt a child. It was such a shame.
  他们没有足够的钱去收养一个孩子，真让人惋惜。
• This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
  这并不是为了限制社会研究人员所能采用的方法。
• If you want to improve your situation you must adopt a positive mental attitude.
  如果你打算改变自己的境遇，就必须树立一种积极的心态。
• If I had known how he felt, I would never have let him adopt those children
  我要是知道他的想法，我是决不会让他领养那些孩子的。
• The king was forced to adopt a new constitution which reduced his powers.
  国王被迫采用了削弱其权力的新宪法。
• Try to adopt a more relaxed manner.
  试着换一种更加放松的方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。