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adopt

英 [ə'dɒpt] 美[ə'dɑpt]
  • vt. 采取;接受;收养;正式通过
  • vi. 采取;过继

英英释意


1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
2. take up and practice as one's own
3. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;
"When will the new President assume office?"
4. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;
"His voice took on a sad tone"
"The story took a new turn"
"he adopted an air of superiority"
"She assumed strange manners"
"The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
5. take into one's family;
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
6. put into dramatic form;
"adopt a book for a screenplay"
7. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;
"She embraced Catholocism"
"They adopted the Jewish faith"