adopt
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (as sth) take sb into one's family, esp as one's child or heir 收養某人(尤指作為兒女或繼承人); 過繼
Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan. 他們因沒有親生兒女, 所以決定領養一個孤兒.
Paul's mother had him adopted because she couldn't look after him herself. 保羅的母親因為自己無力撫養他, 便將他送給別人收養了.
He is their adopted son. 他是他們的養子. Cf 參看 foster 2.
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sb as sth choose sb as a candidate or representative 挑選某人作候選人或代表
She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York. 她被提名為約克郡的工黨候選人.
3 [Tn] take over and have or use (sth) as one's own 采納; 采取; 采用
adopt a name, a custom, an idea, a style of dress 取名, 隨俗, 采納一意見, 采用一服裝式樣
adopt a hard line towards terrorists 對恐怖分子采取強硬態度
her adopted country, ie not her native country but the one in which she has chosen to live 她所選擇居留的國家(非其祖國而由其自擇居留的國家).
4 [Tn] accept (eg a report or recommendation); approve 接受, 通過(如報告或建議); 批準
Congress has adopted the new measures. 國會通過了新的議案.