adoption
n. 采用, 采纳, 收养 [法] 收养, 采纳, 采用
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教材释义与例句
采用；收养；接受
释义与例句
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The act of adopting.
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The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
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可数 不可数A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
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An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
可数 不可数the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries
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The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
可数 不可数the adoption of opinions
the adoption of words from another language
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The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
可数 不可数Our company is considering the adoption of a four-day week.
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The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
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An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
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Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
可数 俚语 不可数 游戏Infuriated by his adoption yesterday, the chess master has resolved to study twice as long and twice as hard.
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Borrowed from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare (“to adopt”). Equivalent to adopt + -ion.
来源：wiktionary