1 VERB 采取；采纳；采用 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. 采取；采纳；采用 [Also V n as n]
SYN take on, follow, support, choose
2 VERB 收养;领养 If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter. 收养;领养 [Also VERB]
SYN take in, raise, nurse, mother
3 VERB 采用，保持（姿势） If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it. 采用，保持（姿势） [formal]
4 VERB 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居 If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live. 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
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Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession. [VERB noun]
波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。
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...their adopted home in England. [VERB-ed]
他们移居英国的家
SYN select, choose, pick, nominate
5 VERB 采用（语气、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. 采用（语气、口音等）
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He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster. [VERB noun]
他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。
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The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt. [VERB noun]
女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。
| Thesaurus | adopt Also look up: |
| VERB. | approve, endorse, support; (ant.) refuse, reject 1 care for, raise, take in 2 |
| Word Link | opt ≈ choosing : adopt, co-opt, opt |
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