adopt是什么意思
adopt
英 [ə'dɒpt]美 [ə'dɑpt]vt. 采取；接受；收养；正式通过vi. 采取；过继中文词源
adopt 采纳前缀ad-, 去，往。词根opt, 选择，见option.
英文词源
adoptadopt: see opinionadopt (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.双语例句
1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy. 英国可以自由制定*策以振兴经济。来自柯林斯例句
2. Britain is to adopt a more re-strictive policy on arms sales. 英国将对**出售采取更具限制性的*策。来自柯林斯例句
3. This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt. 这并不是为了限制社会研究人员所能采用的方法。来自柯林斯例句
4. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs. 我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。来自柯林斯例句
5. He was, to adopt an Americanism, "an empty suit". 他，套用一句美国人的说法，就是“徒有其表”。来自柯林斯例句
