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adopt

英 [ə'dɒpt] 美 [ə'dɑpt]

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解释

vt. 采取；接受；收养；正式通过
vi. 采取；过继

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中文词源

adopt 采纳

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根opt, 选择，见option.

英文词源

adopt: adopt: see opinion
adopt (v.): c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c. 1600. Related: Adopted; adopting.

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例句和用法

1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.: 英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。

2. Britain is to adopt a more re-strictive policy on arms sales.: 英国将对武器出售采取更具限制性的政策。

3. This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.: 这并不是为了限制社会研究人员所能采用的方法。

4. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.: 我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。

5. He was, to adopt an Americanism, "an empty suit".: 他，套用一句美国人的说法，就是“徒有其表”。