adopt

英 [ə'dɒpt] 美 [ə'dɑːpt]

• v. 采用；收养；接受

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 收养

   take the child of another person into one's family to become one's own child

2. vt. 采用,采纳,采取

   take sth as one's own

3. vt. 正式接受,通过

   accept formally or officially; approve

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 采用，采取，采纳，接受
2. 正式通过
3. 收养，领养
4. 吸收（外来词语）
5. 选定（职业、道路）
6. 【语】沿用
7. <英>挑选...为候选人，提名…为候选人，选举
8. 借用
9. 立嗣，过继
10. 使用
11. 引进
12. 实行
13. 移居
14. 承袭（风俗）
15. 选为必读课本
16. <英>承担保养公路的责任

英英释义

Verb:

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 Catholicism"
   "They adopted the Jewish faith"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They adopt new techniques in raising sheep.
   他们采用新的养羊技术。
2. The schools must adopt new methods of teaching foreign languages.
   学校应采用新的外语教学法。
3. She was left an orphan and a poor peasant woman adopted her.
   她成了孤儿，一位贫农妇女收养了她。
4. To adopt the fruits of sin was to give countenance to it.
   收养罪恶的果实就等于纵容罪恶。
5. We should adopt the consumers' suggestion.
   我们应该接受用户的建议。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. Many childless couples adopt children.
   许多无子女的夫妇收养孩子。
2. He told his neighbours that he had adopted me.
   他向邻居说他已收我为养子。
3. The family adopted a puppy.
   这家人收养了一条小狗。
4. I'll adopt her in my school.
   我将录用她到我的学校。
5. I like your methods of teaching and I shall adopt them in my school.
   我喜欢你的教学方法,我将在我的学校内采用。
6. To achieve these ends, we must adopt the above mentioned measures.
   要达到这些目的,我们必须采取上述措施。
7. The factories have adopted the newest modern technology.
   那几家工厂采用了现代的最新技术。
8. We're willing to adopt your plan.
   我们愿意采纳你的计划。
9. We have adopted a course different from theirs.
   我们采取了一种和他们不同的行动方针。
10. Were we to adopt this view, we would isolate ourselves.
    如果我们采取这种观点,我们就会陷于孤立。
11. After going to France he soon adopted the French way of life.
    他去法国后,很快就接受了法国的生活方式。
12. The school must adopt new methods of teaching foreign languages.
    学校必须采取教授外国语的新方法。
13. You should always adopt an attitude of deference before your superiors.
    在长者面前应该经常保持尊敬的态度。
14. In 1971 Britain also adopted the decimal system.1971
    年,英国也采用了十进制。
15. The House adopted the report.
    众议院通过了这个报告。
16. The meeting adopted a resolution.
    会议通过了一项议案。
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17. I was adopted as a baby, and never knew my real parents.
    我还是个婴儿时就被抱来了,从不知道我的生身父母是谁。
18. His proposal was adopted by the committee.
    他的建议被委员会采纳。

经典引文

• I had rather to adopt a child than get it.

  出自：Othello , Shakespeare

• Those whom he happens to adopt as favourites.

  出自： S. Johnson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

adopt as (v. + prep.)

选某人为… choose sb as (a representative, etc.)

be adopted into (v. + prep.)

被…所收养 be taken into one's family as a relation by sb/sth

be adopted from (v. + prep.)

选自…,取自… choose or take sth from some place

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• adopt an attitude 采取一种态度
• adopt the budget 通过预算
• adopt Eastern forms of dress 采用东方的服装样式
• adopt the homeless orphan 收养无家可归的孤儿
• adopt measures 采取措施
• adopt methods 采用方法
• adopt the new rule 通过新章程
• adopt a policy 采取方针
• adopt a proposal 采纳建议
• adopt a suggestion 采纳建议
• adopt the resolution 通过议案
• adopt steps 采取步骤
• adopt tactics 采取策略
• adopt a technique 采取手法
• adopt the view 采纳观点

～+副词

• adopt apparently 明显地接受
• adopt arbitrarily 武断地采纳,擅自采用
• adopt deceitfully 不诚实地采用
• adopt dogmatically 教条地搬用
• adopt formally 正式批准
• adopt frankly 坦率地接受
• adopt immediately 立即通过
• adopt legally 合法收养
• adopt prudently 谨慎地采纳
• adopt secretly 秘密通过
• adopt solemnly 郑重接受
• adopt ultimately 最终采纳
• adopt unanimously 一致通过
• adopt widely 广泛采用

～+介词

• adopt teaching as one's heir 以教书为业

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. adopt的基本意思是将属于别人的东西化为己有,如收养他人的孩子,采纳他人的建议等。
2. adopt是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。作“采用,采纳,采取”解时,后面常接方法、方针、步骤、政策、意见、态度、计划之类的名词; 作“正式通过或接受”解时,后面常接报告、议案、决议、方案、计划之类的名词。

词源解说

• ☆ 1540年左右进入英语，直接源自法语的adopter；最初源自拉丁语的adoptare，意为有选择的采取。

近反义词

【近义词】

• accept 接受
• assume 假定
• embrace 拥抱
• choose 选择
• take on 承担
• take up 拿起
• espouse 支持
• approve 批准
• agree 同意
• implement 工具
• take 拿
• reject 拒绝
• to 对于
• a 英语字母表的第一个字母...
• own 自己的
• oneself 自己
• home 家
• one's 任何人的
• give 给
• as 同样地
• take over 接收
• follow 跟随
• take in 接受
• sweep up 打扫
• acquire 获得
• dramatise 把 ... 戏剧化...
• borrow 借
• dramatize 戏剧化