adoption

Word family adjectiveadoptedadoptiousadoptivenounadopteeadopterAdoptianismadoptianistadoptionverbadopt

a·dop·tion /əˈdɒpʃən $ əˈdɑːp-/ noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU]SSF the act or process of adopting a child 收养，领养

She decided to put the baby up for adoption.

她决定让人收养那个婴儿。

2. [uncountableU]DECIDE the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc 采用，采纳

3. [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election 〔候选人的〕提名

Examples from the Corpus

adoption• Within the Ministry, there had been some pressure for the explicit adoption of replacement cost depreciation conventions.• Its adoption, however, was to be delayed until the new Constitution came into effect.• Following mounting concern about some of the problems of adoption and fostering, a departmental committee was set up to investigate.• And now guidelines advise on same-race adoption policy.• Further, supporters of the bill seem ignorant of the dangers of the path they are taking adoption policy.• But as Table 2-1 shows, the adoption of free-market develop-ment models has raised their average growth rates.

单词	adoption
释义	adoption Word family adjectiveadoptedadoptiousadoptivenounadopteeadopterAdoptianismadoptianistadoptionverbadopt a·dop·tion /əˈdɒpʃən $ əˈdɑːp-/ noun 1 [countableC, uncountableU]SSF the act or process of adopting a child 收养，领养 She decided to put the baby up for adoption. 她决定让人收养那个婴儿。 2. [uncountableU]DECIDE the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc 采用，采纳 3. [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election 〔候选人的〕提名 Examples from the Corpus adoption• Within the Ministry, there had been some pressure for the explicit adoption of replacement cost depreciation conventions.• Its adoption, however, was to be delayed until the new Constitution came into effect.• Following mounting concern about some of the problems of adoption and fostering, a departmental committee was set up to investigate.• And now guidelines advise on same-race adoption policy.• Further, supporters of the bill seem ignorant of the dangers of the path they are taking adoption policy.• But as Table 2-1 shows, the adoption of free-market develop-ment models has raised their average growth rates.
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