adopts; adopted; adopting
adopts; adopted; adopting
Learner's definition of ADOPT
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: to take a child of other parents legally as your own child收養,領養;過繼 [no object]
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a : to begin to use or have (a different manner, method, etc.)采納,采取,采用(别種方式、方法等) -
Their boss has recently adopted a friendlier manner. [=has started behaving in a friendlier way]他們的老板最近采取了更友好的態度。
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Did he adopt your point of view?他采納你的觀點了嗎?
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We adopted some of the local customs.我們采納了當地的一些習俗。
b : to begin to use (a name that is not your real or original name)采用(新名字) c : to live in (a country that is not your original country) and regard it as your home移居;定居 3
[+ object] : to accept or approve (something, such as a proposal) in a formal or official way正式通過,批準(建議等) 4
[+ object] chiefly British : to select (someone) officially as a candidate提名(某人)爲候選人
— adopted
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an adopted child [=a child who has been adopted]被收養的孩子
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She is their adopted daughter.她是他們的養女。
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“Mark Twain” was the adopted name of Samuel Clemens.馬克·吐溫是塞缪爾·克萊門斯的筆名。
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Canada is his adopted country.加拿大是他移居的國家。