| [/əˈdɔpt; əˋdɑpt/] v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (as sth) take sb into one's family, esp as one's child or heir 收养某人（尤指作为儿女或继承人）; 过继:
Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan. 他们因没有亲生儿女, 所以决定领养一个孤儿. *
Paul's mother had him adopted because she couldn't look after him herself. 保罗的母亲因为自己无力抚养他, 便将他送给别人收养了. *
He is their adopted son. 他是他们的养子. Cf 参看 foster 2. 用法:
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sb as sth choose sb as a candidate or representative 挑选某人作候选人或代表:
She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York. 她被提名为约克郡的工党候选人. 用法:
3 [Tn] take over and have or use (sth) as one's own 采纳; 采取; 采用:
adopt a name, a custom, an idea, a style of dress 取名, 随俗, 采纳一意见, 采用一服装式样 *
adopt a hard line towards terrorists 对恐怖分子采取强硬态度 *
her adopted country, ie not her native country but the one in which she has chosen to live 她所选择居留的国家（非其祖国而由其自择居留的国家）. 用法:
4 [Tn] accept (eg a report or recommendation); approve 接受, 通过（如报告或建议）; 批准:
Congress has adopted the new measures. 国会通过了新的议案. |