adopt
英 [?'d?pt]
美[?'dɑpt]
- vt. 采取；接受；收養(yǎng)；正式通過
- vi. 采取；過繼
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?adopts;過去式:?adopted;過去分詞:?adopted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?adopting;
中文詞源
adopt 采納前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根opt, 選擇，見option.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
- 英國可以自由制定政策以振興經(jīng)濟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Britain is to adopt a more re-strictive policy on arms sales.
- 英國將對武器出售采取更具限制性的政策。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
- 這并不是為了限制社會研究人員所能采用的方法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.
- 我努力保持蜷曲的姿勢以免四肢受傷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was, to adopt an Americanism, "an empty suit".
- 他，套用一句美國人的說法，就是“徒有其表”。
來自柯林斯例句