a·dopt
verb OPAL W
/əˈdɒpt/
/əˈdɑːpt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adopt | /əˈdɒpt/ /əˈdɑːpt/ |
| he / she / it adopts | /əˈdɒpts/ /əˈdɑːpts/ |
| past simple adopted | /əˈdɒptɪd/ /əˈdɑːptɪd/ |
| past participle adopted | /əˈdɒptɪd/ /əˈdɑːptɪd/ |
| -ing form adopting | /əˈdɒptɪŋ/ /əˈdɑːptɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
收养；领养 - a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt
鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动 - adopt somebody to adopt a child
领养孩子 - She was forced to have her baby adopted.
她被迫把婴儿给人收养。 - She adopted three children from the orphanage.
她从孤儿院收养了三个孩子。
Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Wordfinder- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2, Law and justiceb2, Family and relationshipsb2- We would like to adopt a child.
我们想收养一个孩子。 - The child has now been legally adopted.
这个孩子现已被合法收养。 - The couple adopted two children.
这对夫妇收养了两个孩子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- have somebody adopted
- a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt
- [transitive] adopt something to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something
采用（某方法）；采取（某态度） - All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。 - Our study examined the strategies adopted by patients for seeking information.
我们的研究考察了患者寻求信息所采取的策略。 - The police adopted tighter security measures.
警方采取了更严格的安全措施。 - to adopt an attitude/stance/position
采取态度/立场/立场
Extra Examples- We could not agree on the best methods to adopt.
我们无法就采用的最佳方法达成一致。 - He smiled and adopted a more casual tone of voice.
他笑了，换了个较为随意的语气。 - The new manager adopted a very autocratic style.
新任经理采取了非常专制的风格。 - The female adopts a more passive role than the male.
女性比男性扮演更被动的角色。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- tend to
- decide to
- be forced to
- …
- All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
- [transitive] adopt something to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting
正式通过，表决采纳（建议、政策等） - The government adopted a resolution on disarmament.
政府通过了一项关于裁军的决议。 - The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting.
委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。 - The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution.
联合国安理会一致通过了这项决议。
Extra Examples- The policy has not yet been formally adopted.
这一政策还未被正式采纳。 - What position do you adopt on this issue?
您在这个问题上采取什么立场？ - the policies employers adopt towards the labour force
雇主对劳工采取的政策
- The government adopted a resolution on disarmament.
- [transitive] adopt something to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own
选用（名字等）；移居（某国）；承袭（风俗） - to adopt a name/title/language
取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言 - Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions.
欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。
Extra Examples- The royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century.
王室在上世纪早期选用温莎为名。 - He adopted the dress and manners of an Englishman.
他采用了英国人的着装和举止。 - The party adopted its current name in 1965.
该党于1965年采用现名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- tend to
- decide to
- be forced to
- …
- to adopt a name/title/language
- [transitive] adopt something (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.
采用（某种举止、说话方式等） - He adopted an air of indifference.
他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。
- He adopted an air of indifference.
- [transitive] adopt somebody (as something) (British English, politics) to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative
选定，选举（某人为候选人或代表） - She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。 - The people adopted him as their patron saint.
人们尊他为他们的守护神。
- She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
child
method
suggestion
new name/country
way of behaving
candidate
Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’.