| 释义 |
Verb: adopt u'dópt- Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- follow, espouse - Take up and practice as one's own
- borrow, take over, take up - Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- assume, take on, take over - Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
"he adopted an air of superiority"
- assume, acquire, take on, take - Take into one's family
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- take in - Put into dramatic form
"adopt a book for a screenplay"
- dramatize, dramatise [Brit] - Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
"They adopted the Jewish faith"
- espouse, embrace, sweep up
Derived forms: adopted, adopting, adopts See also: adoptable, adoptee, adopter, adoption, adoptive Type of: accept, change, choose, compose, have, indite [archaic], pen, pick out, select, take, take office, write Encyclopedia: Adopt |