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单词 co-opt
释义 co-opt
I. \kōˈäpt, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin cooptare, from co- + optare to choose — more at opine
1. : to choose or elect into a body or group as a fellow member
 < outside persons may be co-opted to committees — W.A.Robson >
2.
 a. : to appoint usually as a colleague
 b. : to appoint or deputize summarily; sometimes : preempt, commandeer
II. transitive verb
: to take in and make part of a group, movement, or culture : absorb
 < the students are co-opted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it — A.C.Danto >
also : to take over : appropriate
 < many people now view television as a kind of virus, co-opting the healthy brain cells of our young — Robert Pattison >
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