1 [I,T] to take a child into your family and treat him/her as your own child by law 收养;领养:
They couldn't have children so they adopted.他们不能生育,所以就领养孩子。They're hoping to adopt a child.他们想要领养一个孩子。
2 [T] to take and use sth 采取;采用:
What approach did you adopt when dealing with the problem?你是采用什么办法来处理这个问题的? ➔adoptedadjan adopted child 养子;养女
➔adoptionnoun [C,U]
The number of adoptions has risen in the past year (= the number of children being adopted).领养孩子的数目在过去一年有所增加。
adopt/əˋdɑpt; əˈdɒpt/v 1 [I,T] to take someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent 收养﹐领养: Sally was adopted when she was four. 萨莉四岁的时候被人收养。2 [T] to begin to use a particular plan or way of doing something 采用﹐采取: The police are adopting more forceful methods. 警察正在采用更有力的办法。3 [T] to formally approve a suggestion 正式通过﹐采纳〔某个建议〕: The committee voted to adopt our proposals. 委员会表决采纳我们的提议。 —adoption /əˋdɑpʃən; əˈdɒpʃ$n/n [C,U] children put up for adoption 等待领养的孩子the adoption of new technology 新技术的采用 —adopted adj : their adopted daughter 他们的养女
adoptadoptadoptsadoptedadoptingverb (adopts, adopting, adopted)to take the child of another person into your family and treat them as your own child by law: They adopted Micky after his parents died.