adopt

【发音】
美 /ə'dɑpt/ 英 /ə'dɒpt/
【翻译】
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vt. 收养; 采用, 采取; 正式通过, 批准
英释:to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parent
【记忆】
ad + opt(选择) → 通过选择 → 采用
【短语】
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adopt various methods : 采取不同办法
【例句】
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Sally was adopted when she was four.
莎莉四岁时被人收养。
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The couple are unable to have children of their own, but hope to adopt.
那对夫妇自己无法生育,但希望领养孩子。
【真题例句】
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(2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom limits on electricity usage...
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(2008.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme...
【单词相关测试】
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The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.
正确答案:D
解释:句意: 虽然那对老夫妇已有三个亲生孩子, 但他们仍决定收养一个男孩和一个女孩。adapt: 使适应; bring: 带来; receive: 接收。
A. adaptB. bringC. receiveD. adopt
【同、近义词】
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vt.采取;接受;收养;正式通过
assume/take in sth/
【同根词】
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adj
adopted : 被收养的;被采用的
adoptive : 采用的;有收养关系的
adoptable : 可采用的;可收养的
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n
adoption : 采用;收养;接受
adopter : 养父母;[化工] 接受管
adoptee : 被收养者;被立嗣者
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v
adopted : 采用;接受(adopt的过去式和过去分词)