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单词 adoptive
释义 adoptive
 —adoptively,  adv.  
 /euh dop"tiv/,  adj.  
  1. of or involving adoption.
  2. acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father or son.
  3. tending to adopt.
 [1400-50; < L adoptivus; see ADOPT, -IVE; r. late ME adoptife < MF adoptif]
 Usage. Although ADOPTIVE in the sense "acquired or related by adoption" can refer to either parent or child in such a relationship, ADOPTIVE is customarily applied to the parent (her adoptive mother) and adopted to the child (their adopted son).
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