| 释义 |
Noun: adoption u'dópshun- The act of accepting with approval; favourable reception
"its adoption by society"
- acceptance, acceptation, espousal - 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)
- The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
- borrowing
Derived forms: adoptions See also: adopt Type of: appropriation, approval, approving, blessing, legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings Encyclopedia: Adoption Adoption, Canonical |