adoption 英 [ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n]   美 [ə'dɑpʃən]

adoption

adoption  英 [ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə'dɑpʃən]

n. 采用;收养;接受 

名词复数:adoptions 

She put the baby up for adoption. 她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。
the adoption of new technology 新技术的采用

  • 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
  • 1. She put the baby up for adoption.

    她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。

  • 2. the adoption of new technology

    新技术的采用

  • 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.)).
adop·tion / əˈdɒpʃn ; NAmE əˈdɑːpʃn / noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the act of adopting a child 收养;领养 She put the baby up for adoption. 她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。 collocationsat child 2 [uncountable ] the decision to start using sth such as an idea, a plan or a name 采用(想法、计划、名字等) the adoption of new technology 新技术的采用 3 [uncountable ,  countable ] ( BrE) ( politics ) the act of choosing sb as a candidate for an election 选定,推选,推举(候选人) his adoption as the Labour candidate 他被选定为工党候选人 adoption adoptions adop·tion / əˈdɒpʃn ; NAmE əˈdɑːpʃn /
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