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adoption

adoption
[əˈdɔpʃən,əˈdɑpʃən] 生词本

n.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

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

  • 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。

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  • ...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing.

    英国制造业采取日本的管理方法

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

  • 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。

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  • 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。

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  • 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. VERB 采用，保持（姿势） If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it. 

  • 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。

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

  • 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

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

  • 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。

Noun

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;

  • "its adoption by society"
  • "the proposal found wide acceptance"

2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source;

  • "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

心理学

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  • 1.领养

法律

  • 1.收养关系
1. Adoption papers were duly filed in May 1974.
有关收养的文件在1974年5月就已归档。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He was not born here, but this is now his country of adoption.
他虽然不生于此地，但现在这里已是他的入籍国了。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. If you can not have children of your own, why not consider adoption?
假如你自己不能生育，何不考虑过继一个呢？

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.
那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The word is now English by adoption.
这个词现在已被采纳为英语。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》