adopt
vt. 采用, 正式通过, 收养, 接受 [医] 采取
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教材释义与例句
采取；接受；收养；正式通过
to take someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent
采取；过继
Sally was adopted when she was four.
莎莉四岁时被人收养。
The couple are unable to have children of their own, but hope to adopt.
那对夫妇自己无法生育，但希望领养孩子。
释义与例句
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Clipping of adoptable.
非正式 及物 艺术
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To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
收养
及物A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
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To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
及物We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
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To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
及物We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.
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To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
及物This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
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To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
领养
及物He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
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To select and take or approve.
及物to adopt the view or policy of another
These are resolutions that were adopted.
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To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
俚语 及物 游戏The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
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词源
From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.
来源：wiktionary