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adopt
英 [ə'dɒpt]美 [ə'dɑpt]
vt. 採取；接受；收養；正式通過
vi. 採取；過繼
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中文詞源
adopt 採納
前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根opt, 選擇，見option.
英語詞源
adopt
adopt: see opinion
adopt (v.)
c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c. 1600. Related: Adopted; adopting.
權威例句
1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
英國可以自由制定政策以振興經濟。
2. Britain is to adopt a more re-strictive policy on arms sales.
英國將對武器出售採取更具限制性的政策。
3. This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
這並不是爲了限制社會研究人員所能採用的方法。
4. 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。
5. He was, to adopt an Americanism, "an empty suit".
他，套用一句美國人的說法，就是“徒有其表”。
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