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单词 adopt
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adopt

verb
 OPAL W
/əˈdɒpt/
/əˈdɑːpt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they adopt
/əˈdɒpt/
/əˈdɑːpt/
he / she / it adopts
/əˈdɒpts/
/əˈdɑːpts/
past simple adopted
/əˈdɒptɪd/
/əˈdɑːptɪd/
past participle adopted
/əˈdɒptɪd/
/əˈdɑːptɪd/
-ing form adopting
/əˈdɒptɪŋ/
/əˈdɑːptɪŋ/
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    child

  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
    • a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt
    • adopt somebody to adopt a child
    • She was forced to have her baby adopted.
    • She adopted three children from the orphanage.
    compare foster
    Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/​child
    • want a baby/​a child/​kids
    • start a family
    • conceive/​be expecting/​be going to have a baby/​child
    • miss your period
    • become/​get/​be/​find out that you are pregnant
    • have a baby/​a child/​kids/​a son/​a daughter/​twins/​a family
    • have a normal/​a difficult/​an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/​a difficult/​a home birth
    • be in/​go into/​induce labour (especially US English) labor
    • have/​suffer/​cause a miscarriage
    • give birth to a child/​baby/​daughter/​son/​twins
    Parenting
    • bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/​family
    • care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/​child/​kid
    • change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/​a baby
    • feed/​breastfeed/​bottle-feed a baby
    • be entitled to/​go on maternity/​paternity leave
    • go back/​return to work after maternity leave
    • need/​find/​get a babysitter/​good quality affordable childcare
    • balance/​combine work and childcare/​child-rearing/​family life
    • educate/​teach/​home-school a child/​kid
    • punish/​discipline/​spoil a child/​kid
    • adopt a baby/​child/​kid
    • offer a baby for/​put a baby up for adoption
    • (especially British English) foster a child/​kid
    • be placed with/​be raised by foster parents
    Wordfinder
    • adopt
    • child
    • family
    • generation
    • heir
    • in-laws
    • parent
    • relation
    • stepfamily
    • surrogate mother
    Extra Examples
    • We would like to adopt a child.
    • The child has now been legally adopted.
    • The couple adopted two children.
    Topics Life stagesb2, Law and justiceb2, Family and relationshipsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • legally
    phrases
    • have somebody adopted
    See full entry
  2. method

  3.  
    [transitive] adopt something to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something
    • All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
    • Our study examined the strategies adopted by patients for seeking information.
    • The police adopted tighter security measures.
    • to adopt an attitude/stance/position
    Extra Examples
    • We could not agree on the best methods to adopt.
    • He smiled and adopted a more casual tone of voice.
    • The new manager adopted a very autocratic style.
    • The female adopts a more passive role than the male.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • formally
    • officially
    verb + adopt
    • tend to
    • decide to
    • be forced to
    See full entry
  4. suggestion

  5.  
    [transitive] adopt something to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting
    • The government adopted a resolution on disarmament.
    • The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.
    • The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution.
    Extra Examples
    • The policy has not yet been formally adopted.
    • What position do you adopt on this issue?
    • the policies employers adopt towards the labour force
  6. new name/country

  7. [transitive] adopt something to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own
    • to adopt a name/title/language
    • Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.
    Extra Examples
    • The royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century.
    • He adopted the dress and manners of an Englishman.
    • The party adopted its current name in 1965.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • formally
    • officially
    verb + adopt
    • tend to
    • decide to
    • be forced to
    See full entry
  8. way of behaving

  9. [transitive] adopt something (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.
    • He adopted an air of indifference.
  10. candidate

  11. [transitive] adopt somebody (as something) (British English, politics) to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative
    • She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
    • The people adopted him as their patron saint.
  12. Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’.
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