adoption
adoption 英 [ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə'dɑpʃən]
n. 采用；收养；接受
名词复数:adoptions
- Adoption is the act of taking something on as your own. Adoption usually refers to the legal process of becoming a non-biological parent, but it also refers to the act of embracing ideas, habits, or free kittens.
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- n. 采用；收养；接受
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1. She put the baby up for adoption.
她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。
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2. the adoption of new technology
新技术的采用
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3. his adoption as the Labour candidate
他被选定(采用)为工党候选人
- adoption (n.) mid-14c., from Old French adopcion or directly from Late Latin adoptionem (nominative adoptio) "a taking as one's child," shorter form of adoptatio, noun of action from past participle stem of 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," from PIE root *op- (2) "to choose" (see option (n.)).
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