单词 | co-optation |
释义 | co-optation (once / 176408 pages) n WORD FAMILY co-opt: co-optation, co-opted, co-opting, co-option USAGE EXAMPLESThis is the political domestication and co-optation of the once-vexing global warming hypothesis. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) What set Ford apart was that he participated in what Michael Douglas, one of SNL’s writers, later called a battle of co-optation. Time(Apr 15, 2016) Thus experience has become a negative, a stand-in for co-optation by the establishment. US News(Nov 03, 2015) 1n the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership) Syn|Hyper co-option election the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice 2n the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent) Syn|Hyper co-option appointment, assignment, designation, naming the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
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