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adopt

英 [ə'dɒpt] 美[ə'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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