adopt 音标拼音: [əd'ɑpt]
v . 采纳,采用;正式通过;领养
采纳,采用;正式通过;领养
adopt v 1 :
choose and follow ;
as of theories ,
ideas ,
policies ,
strategies or plans ; "
She followed the feminist movement ";
"
The candidate espouses Republican ideals " [
synonym : {
adopt },
{
follow }, {
espouse }]
2 :
take up and practice as one '
s own [
synonym : {
adopt }, {
borrow },
{
take over }, {
take up }]
3 :
take on titles ,
offices ,
duties ,
responsibilities ; "
When will the new President assume office ?" [
synonym : {
assume }, {
adopt },
{
take on }, {
take over }]
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 " [
synonym : {
assume },
{
acquire }, {
adopt }, {
take on }, {
take }]
5 :
take into one '
s family ; "
They adopted two children from Nicaragua " [
synonym : {
adopt }, {
take in }]
6 :
put into dramatic form ; "
adopt a book for a screenplay " [
synonym :
{
dramatize }, {
dramatise }, {
adopt }]
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 " [
synonym : {
espouse }, {
embrace },
{
adopt }, {
sweep up }]
Adopt \
A *
dopt "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Adopted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Adopting }.] [
L .
adoptare ;
ad optare to choose ,
desire :
cf .
F .
adopter .
See {
Option }.]
1 .
To take by choice into relationship ,
as ,
child ,
heir ,
friend ,
citizen ,
etc .;
esp .
to take voluntarily (
a child of other parents )
to be in the place of ,
or as ,
one '
s own child .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To take or receive as one '
s own what is not so naturally ;
to select and take or approve ;
as ,
to adopt the view or policy of another ;
these resolutions were adopted .
[
1913 Webster ]
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "
adopt ":
Americanize ,
Anglicize ,
accept ,
acculturate ,
acculturize ,
admit ,
affect ,
affiliate ,
appropriate ,
approve ,
arrogate ,
assimilate ,
assume ,
carry ,
colonize ,
confer citizenship ,
conquer ,
copy ,
derive from ,
domesticate ,
embrace ,
encroach ,
enslave ,
espouse ,
go in for ,
go native ,
hog ,
imitate ,
indent ,
infringe ,
invade ,
jump a claim ,
make free with ,
make use of ,
mock ,
monopolize ,
naturalize ,
occupy ,
overrun ,
pass ,
pirate ,
plagiarize ,
play God ,
preempt ,
preoccupy ,
prepossess ,
pretend to ,
ratify ,
requisition ,
seize ,
simulate ,
sit on ,
squat on ,
steal ,
subjugate ,
take ,
take all of ,
take in ,
take it all ,
take on ,
take over ,
take possession of ,
take up ,
trespass ,
usurp
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