1 embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ verb embraces; embraced; embracing
embraces; embraced; embracing
Learner's definition of EMBRACE
1
: to hold someone in your arms as a way of expressing love or friendship拥抱 [+ object]
[no object]
◊ Although embrace and hug each describe holding another person in your arms, embrace usually suggests deeper or stronger feelings than hug does.尽管embrace和hug都有拥抱之意，但前者通常表达的情感更深或更强。
2 [+ object]
a : to accept (something or someone) readily or gladly欣然接受；乐意采纳 -
a politician who has been embraced by conservatives为保守派所接受的政治人物
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embrace [=adopt] a cause/religion拥护事业；信奉宗教
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These ideas have been (widely) embraced by the scientific community.这些观点被科学界（广泛）接受。
b : to use (an opportunity) eagerly乐意利用（机会） 3
[+ object] formal : to contain or include (something) as a part of something larger包括；包含 4
[+ object] literary : to enclose (something) on all sides围绕；环绕 —
usually used as (be) embraced通常用作(be) embraced
— embraceable
/ɪmˈbreɪsəbəl/ adjective [more embraceable; most embraceable]
— embracer
noun, plural embracers [count] 2 embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ noun
plural embraces
2 embrace
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
noun
plural embraces
Learner's definition of EMBRACE
[count]
: the act of holding someone in your arms : the act of embracing someone拥抱