adoptive

FREQ #23070

a. 有收养关系的, 采用的 [法] 收养的, 采用的

发音

US /əˈdɒptɪv/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Related through adoption.

    养

    My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to adoption.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

adopted

反义词 1

biological

近义相关 2

foster surrogate

相关短语

adoptive mother 养母 adoptive father [法] 养父 adoptive fathers adoptive mothers adoptive sibling adoptive siblings adoptive parent [医]AP adoptive parents [法] 养父母

词源

From adopt + -ive.

来源：wiktionary