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. 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. 承担保养公路的责任

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

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"
   

1.采取；采纳；采用
If youadopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.

e.g. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。
e.g. Pupils should be helped toadopt a positive approach to the environment.
应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。

adoption
...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing.
英国制造业采取日本的管理方法

2.收养;领养
If youadopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.

e.g. There are hundreds of people desperate toadopt a child...
有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
e.g. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。

adopter
A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters.
一名社工被任命对有意收养者进行面试。adoption
They gave their babies up for adoption...
他们放弃自己的婴儿，让别人领养。
The majority of adoptions are successful.
大多数的收养都是成功的。

3.采用，保持（姿势）
If youadopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.

e.g. I tried toadopt 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。

4.移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
If youadopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.

e.g. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。
e.g. ...their adopted home in England.
他们移居英国的家

5.采用（语气、口音等）
If youadopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.

e.g. He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...
他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。
e.g. The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice toadopt.
女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

1. 采用：校本课程开发把课程开发的场所界定在学校,就意味着学校不只是采用(adopt)课程,而要调适(adapt)课程. 不仅课程方案制订是一个不断对话的修正过程,课程方案的实施也是在独特复杂情境中的教和学的过程,

2. 收养：收养表示贺家主动自愿地放弃作父母的权力,但贺家从未有任何意向让人收养(adopt)贺梅. 事实上,最初当贺家表示接受教堂帮助时,有一对想要孩子但没有的白人夫妇提出要收养贺梅,但被拒绝了. 对这一点,BAKER家是非常清楚的.

3. 接受：但此前协议的各方不是一定要接受(adopt)该议定书,所以有时候它标明为任择议定书(optional protocol),特别是原条约下的多方都不接受的情况下. 例如<>(Kyoto Protocol)是对<>(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change/UNFCCC)的补充规定.

They adopt new techniques in raising sheep.

他们采用新的养羊技术。

The schools must adopt new methods of teaching foreign languages.

学校应采用新的外语教学法。

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。

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。

We should adopt the consumers' suggestion.

我们应该接受用户的建议。

a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt

鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动

to adopt a child

领养孩子

She was forced to have her baby adopted.

她被迫把婴儿给人收养。

All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.

三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。

to adopt a resolution

通过一项决议

The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.

委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。

to adopt a name'/title'/language

取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言

Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.

欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。

He adopted an air of indifference.

他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。

She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.

她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。

Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...

议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。

Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.

应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。

There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...

有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。

The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.

被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。

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。

Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.

波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。

...their adopted home in England.

他们移居英国的家

He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...

他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。

The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.

女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

I move that we adopt the agenda as It'stands.

我提议不作改变通过这个议程.

Ensure that the General Assembly adopt a resolution not less strong than those passed at the previous sessions.

争取联大通过的决议基调不低于去年.

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。

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

～+名词

• adopt%20an%20attitude">adopt an attitude采取一种态度
• adopt%20the%20budget">adopt the budget通过预算
• adopt%20Eastern%20forms%20of%20dress">adopt Eastern forms of dress采用东方的服装样式
• adopt%20the%20homeless%20orphan">adopt the homeless orphan收养无家可归的孤儿
• adopt%20measures">adopt measures采取措施
• adopt%20methods">adopt methods采用方法
• adopt%20the%20new%20rule">adopt the new rule通过新章程
• adopt%20a%20policy">adopt a policy采取方针
• adopt%20a%20proposal">adopt a proposal采纳建议
• adopt%20a%20suggestion">adopt a suggestion采纳建议
• adopt%20the%20resolution">adopt the resolution通过议案
• adopt%20steps">adopt steps采取步骤
• adopt%20tactics">adopt tactics采取策略
• adopt%20a%20technique">adopt a technique采取手法
• adopt%20the%20view">adopt the view采纳观点

～+副词

• adopt%20apparently">adopt apparently明显地接受
• adopt%20arbitrarily">adopt arbitrarily武断地采纳,擅自采用
• adopt%20deceitfully">adopt deceitfully不诚实地采用
• adopt%20dogmatically">adopt dogmatically教条地搬用
• adopt%20formally">adopt formally正式批准
• adopt%20frankly">adopt frankly坦率地接受
• adopt%20immediately">adopt immediately立即通过
• adopt%20legally">adopt legally合法收养
• adopt%20prudently">adopt prudently谨慎地采纳
• adopt%20secretly">adopt secretly秘密通过
• adopt%20solemnly">adopt solemnly郑重接受
• adopt%20ultimately">adopt ultimately最终采纳
• adopt%20unanimously">adopt unanimously一致通过
• adopt%20widely">adopt widely广泛采用

～+介词

• adopt%20teaching%20as%20one%27s%20heir">adopt teaching as one's heir以教书为业

• 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

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。

• ☆ 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。