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adopt

英 [ə'dɒpt] 美[ə'dɑpt]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

vt. 采取；接受；收养；正式通过
vi. 采取；过继

英英释意

1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;: "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

2. take up and practice as one's own

3. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;: "When will the new President assume office?"

4. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;: "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

5. take into one's family;: "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

6. put into dramatic form;: "adopt a book for a screenplay"

7. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;: "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

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。

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”。