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采纳,采用;正式通过;领养

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.
   F. adopter. See {Option}.]
   1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
      friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child
      of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own
      child.

   2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;
      to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or
      policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

资料来源 : WordNet®

adopt
     v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
          strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist
          movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
          [syn: {follow}, {espouse}]
     2: take up and practice as one's own [syn: {borrow}, {take over},
         {take up}]
     3: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When
        will the new President assume office?" [syn: {assume}, {take
        on}, {take over}]
     4: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "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" [syn: {assume}, {acquire}, {take on}, {take}]
     5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from
        Nicaragua" [syn: {take in}]
     6: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
        [syn: {dramatize}, {dramatise}]
     7: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone
        and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They
        adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: {espouse}, {embrace}, {sweep
        up}]