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adopt
英 [əˈdɒpt]
[VERB]
adopts , adopting , adopted
1. [T 及物动词] 采纳 , 采用
If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
双语例句
例：The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on all parties in the conflict to seek a political settlement.
联合国大会已采纳了一项呼吁所有冲突各方寻求政治解决的决议。
例：Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
应该帮助学生们积极应对环境的变化。
2. [I 不及物动词] 收养
If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.
双语例句
例：There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.
有数以百计的人极其渴望收养小孩。