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