单词 | adopt |
释义 | adopt —adopter, n. /euh dopt"/, v.t. 1. to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. 2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act. 3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé. 4. to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course. 5. to vote to accept: The House adopted the report. 6. to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.). 7. adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out. [1490-1500; ( < MF adopter) < L adoptare, equiv. to ad- AD- + optare to OPT] |
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