adopt
adopt 英 [əˈdɒpt] 美 [əˈdɑpt]
vt. 采纳；收养；
进行时:adopting 过去式:adopted 过去分词:adopted 第三人称单数:adopts
- You can adopt an air of nonchalance, a fake British accent, or even a stray dog. When you adopt something, you consciously select it and accept it as your own.
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- vt. 采纳；收养；
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1. to adopt a child
领养孩子
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2. She was forced to have her baby adopted.
她被迫把婴儿给人收养。
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3. 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。
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4. to adopt a resolution
通过一项决议
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5. 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。
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6. to adopt a name，to adopt a title，to adopt a anguage
取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言
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7. He adopted an air of indifference.
他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。
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8. She was adopted as candidate for Wood Green.
她被推举为伍德格林选区的候选人。
- adopt (v.) c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter (14c.) or directly from Latin adoptare "chose for oneself, take by choice, select, adopt," especially "to take into a family, adopt as a child," from ad "to" (see ad-) + optare "choose, wish, desire" (see option (n.)). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c. 1600. Related: Adopted; adopting.
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