• vt. 采取；接受；收養；正式通過
• vi. 采取；過繼

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根opt, 選擇，見option.

adopt

adopt: see opinion

adopt (v.)

c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c. 1600. Related: Adopted; adopting.

1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.

英國可以自由制定政策以振興經濟。

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2. Britain is to adopt a more re-strictive policy on arms sales.

英國將對武器出售采取更具限制性的政策。

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3. This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.

這并不是為了限制社會研究人員所能采用的方法。

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4. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.

我努力保持蜷曲的姿勢以免四肢受傷。

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5. He was, to adopt an Americanism, "an empty suit".

他，套用一句美國人的說法，就是“徒有其表”。

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