adopt
英 [?'d?pt]
美[?'dɑpt]
- vt. 采取；接受；收养；正式通过
- vi. 采取；过继
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?adopts;过去式:?adopted;过去分词:?adopted;现在分词:?adopting;
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.
双语例句
- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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”。
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