adopt

verb

1. take into one's family

e.g. They adopted two children from Nicaragua

Synonym: take in

2. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

e.g. His voice took on a sad tone
The story took a new turn
he adopted an air of superiority
She assumed strange manners
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables

Synonym: assumeacquiretake ontake

3. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

e.g. She embraced Catholicism
They adopted the Jewish faith

Synonym: espouseembracesweep up

4. put into dramatic form

e.g. adopt a book for a screenplay

Synonym: dramatizedramatise

5. take up and practice as one's own

Synonym: borrowtake overtake up

6. choose and follow
as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

e.g. She followed the feminist movement
The candidate espouses Republican ideals

Synonym: followespouse

7. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

e.g. When will the new President assume office?

Synonym: assumetake ontake over

1. 采取；采纳；采用
If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.

e.g. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。
e.g. Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。

2. 收养;领养
If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.

e.g. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
e.g. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。

3. 采用，保持（姿势）
If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.

e.g. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.
我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。

4. 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.

e.g. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。
e.g. ...their adopted home in England.
他们移居英国的家

5. 采用（语气、口音等）
If you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.

e.g. He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...
他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。
e.g. The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.
女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

1. 采用：校本课程开发把课程开发的场所界定在学校,就意味着学校不只是采用(adopt)课程,而要调适(adapt)课程. 不仅课程方案制订是一个不断对话的修正过程,课程方案的实施也是在独特复杂情境中的教和学的过程,

2. 收养：收养表示贺家主动自愿地放弃作父母的权力,但贺家从未有任何意向让人收养(ADOPT)贺梅. 事实上,最初当贺家表示接受教堂帮助时,有一对想要孩子但没有的白人夫妇提出要收养贺梅,但被拒绝了. 对这一点,BAKER家是非常清楚的.

3. 接受：但此前协议的各方不是一定要接受(adopt)该议定书,所以有时候它标明为任择议定书(optional protocol),特别是原条约下的多方都不接受的情况下. 例如<>(Kyoto Protocol)是对<>(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change/UNFCCC)的补充规定.