词汇 | adopt |
释义 | adopt verb uk/əˈdɒpt/ us/əˈdɑːpt/ (TAKE INTO HOME) B2 [ T or I ]收养;领养 to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child They've adopted a baby girl. 他们领养了一个女婴。 She had the child adopted (= she gave her baby to someone else to take care of). 她把自己的孩子送给别人抚养。 They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. 他们没有亲生子女,但是希望能领养。 Compare: foster verb (TAKE CARE OF) (START USING) B2 [ T ]接受;采用;采纳 to accept or start to use something new I think it's time to adopt a different strategy in my dealings with him. 我觉得在和他的交往中该采用一种不同的策略了。 The new tax would force companies to adopt energy-saving measures. 征收新税将迫使公司采取节能措施。 He's adopted a remarkably light-hearted attitude towards the situation. 面对这种局面,他摆出了一种异乎寻常的轻描淡写的态度。
(CHOOSE) [ T ]选定;选用;采用 to choose someone or something or take something as your own Dr Kennedy has been adopted as the party's candidate for South Cambridge. 肯尼迪博士被选定为该党南剑桥地区的候选人。 [ T ]养成某种习惯 to start behaving in a particular way, especially by choice Roz has adopted one or two funny mannerisms since she's been away. 罗兹自她离开后养成了一两种可笑的怪癖。
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