1. | [i][t] 收养；领养to take sb else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s) |
a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt 鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动 | |
to adopt a child 领养孩子 | |
She was forced to have her baby adopted. 她被迫把婴儿给人收养。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 采用（某方法）；采取（某态度）to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards sb/sth |
All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem. 三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 正式通过，表决采纳（建议、政策等）to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting |
to adopt a resolution 通过一项决议 | |
The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting. 委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth 选用（名字等）；移居（某国）；承袭（风俗）to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own |
to adopt a name/title/language 取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言 | |
Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions. 欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth 采用（某种举止、说话方式等）to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc. |
He adopted an air of indifference. 他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。 |
6. | [t] ~ sb (as sth) 选定，选举（某人为候选人或代表）to choose sb as a candidate in an election or as a representative |
She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green. 她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。 |
