单词 | adopt |
释义 | adopt v.tr.   1. take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another's child as one's own.   2. choose to follow (a course of action etc.).   3. take over (an idea etc.) from another person.   4. choose as a candidate for office.   5. Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road etc.).   6. accept; formally approve (a report, accounts, etc.). Derivatives adoption n. Etymology: F adopter or L adoptare (as AD-, optare choose) |
随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。