| 单词 | embrace |
| 释义 | embrace (once / 142 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms, hold, hug, accept completely. You might embrace your sweetheart, or even changes in technology. Embrace is from the French verb embrasser, which started out meaning "to clasp in the arms" (but now includes kissing). You embrace someone by giving her a giant hug, and when you embrace a new idea, it's like your brain gives it a hug. The noun and verb form are similar: If you embrace someone who isn't your sweetheart, you might get caught in an embrace. In Henry IV, Shakespeare writes about a really, really tight embrace: "I will embrace him with a soldier's arm/That he shall shrink under my courtesy." WORD FAMILYembrace: embraced, embracement, embraces, embracing+/embracement: embracements/embracing: embracings USAGE EXAMPLESFor all the praise he receives for embracing 21st-century social media, the president-elect seems to understand little about modern technology. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “We will continue to learn from this. We will embrace our past to create our future, and it just wasn't enough tonight.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Which is why Trump’s embrace of the carbon bubble is particularly foolish. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness They embraced Syn|Hypo|Hyper bosom, hug, squeeze clinch embrace amorously cuddlehold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth interlock, lockbecome engaged or intermeshed with one another clasp hold firmly and tightly 2n the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) Syn|Hypo|Hyper embracement, embracing cuddle, nestle, snuggle a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace clinch, hug, squeezea tight or amorous embrace clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold the act of grasping 3n the state of taking in or encircling 2an island in the embrace of the sea Hyper inclusion the state of being included 1v take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own She embraced Catholicism Syn|Hypo|Hyper adopt, espouse, sweep up fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take up adopt accept consider or hold as true 2n a close affectionate and protective acceptance 3his willing embrace of new ideas Syn|Hyper bosom acceptance, acceptation, adoption, espousal the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception v include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory Syn|Hyper comprehend, cover, encompass address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression include have as a part, be made up out of |
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