adopt
英 [?'d?pt]
美[?'dɑpt]
- vt. 采取；接受；收養；正式通過
- vi. 采取；過繼
英英釋意
- 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"