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1. Oxford Dictionary

   adopt

   • IPA[əˈdɒpt]

   英式

   • v.
     legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own；choose to take up, follow, or use

   • verb: adopt, 3rd person present: adopts, gerund or present participle: adopting, past tense: adopted, past participle: adopted

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own there are many people eager to adopt a baby
   • 2. choose to take up, follow, or use this approach has been adopted by many big banks we wouldn't be surprised to see more small businesses adopt this technology 同義詞 embrace, take on, acquire, affect, espouse, ... 更多assume, appropriate, arrogate, approve, endorse, agree to, consent to, accede to, accept, ratify, validate, rubber-stamp, sanction, support, back, vote for, informalgive something the go ahead, give something the green light, give something the thumbs up, OK, okay反義詞 abandon
   • ▪ choose and move to (a country or city) as one's permanent place of residence.
   • 3. take on or assume (an attitude or position) he adopted a patronizing tone
   • ▪ British choose (someone) as a candidate for office she was recently adopted as Labour candidate for the constituency 同義詞 choose, select, pick, pick out, vote for, ... 更多elect, settle on, decide on, single out, plump for, opt for, name, nominate, designate, appoint反義詞 reject
   • ▪ formally approve or accept (a report or suggestion) the committee voted 5–1 to adopt the proposal 同義詞 embrace, take on, acquire, affect, espouse, ... 更多assume, appropriate, arrogate, approve, endorse, agree to, consent to, accede to, accept, ratify, validate, rubber-stamp, sanction, support, back, vote for, informalgive something the go ahead, give something the green light, give something the thumbs up, OK, okay反義詞 abandon
   • 4. British (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road).
3. • 更多解釋

   adopt

   • IPA[əˈdäpt]

   美式

   • v.
     legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own: there are many people eager to adopt a baby

   Oxford American Dictionary