1. 采??；采納；采用 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
e.g. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops... 議會(huì )采納了要求全部撤軍的決議。 e.g. Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment. 應幫助學(xué)生對環(huán)境采取積極的態(tài)度。
adoption ...the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing. 英國制造業(yè)采取日本的管理方法
2. 收養;領(lǐng)養 If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.
e.g. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child... 有數以百計的人渴望領(lǐng)養孩子。 e.g. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate. 被收養的孩子有權看自己的出生證明。
adopter A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters. 一名社工被任命對有意收養者進(jìn)行面試。adoption They gave their babies up for adoption... 他們放棄自己的嬰兒，讓別人領(lǐng)養。 The majority of adoptions are successful. 大多數的收養都是成功的。
3. 采用，保持（姿勢） If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.
e.g. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs. 我努力保持蜷曲的姿勢以免四肢受傷。
4. 移居（某國）;選擇（某國）定居 If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.
e.g. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession. 波度爾斯基加入美國海軍當上了飛行員，不僅改了國籍還換了行當。 e.g. ...their adopted home in England. 他們移居英國的家
5. 采用（語(yǔ)氣、口音等） If you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.
e.g. He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster... 他承襲了二戰時(shí)期播音員的口音。 e.g. The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt. 女孩不知道該做什么，也不知道該用什么口氣說(shuō)。
adopt英英釋義
verb
1. take into one's family
e.g. They adopted two children from Nicaragua
Synonym: take in
2. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
e.g. His voice took on a sad tone The story took a new turn he adopted an air of superiority She assumed strange manners The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
Synonym: assumeacquiretake ontake
3. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
e.g. She embraced Catholicism They adopted the Jewish faith
Synonym: espouseembracesweep up
4. put into dramatic form
e.g. adopt a book for a screenplay
Synonym: dramatizedramatise
5. take up and practice as one's own
Synonym: borrowtake overtake up
6. choose and follow as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
e.g. She followed the feminist movement The candidate espouses Republican ideals
Synonym: followespouse
7. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities