adopt
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s) 收养；领养 a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt 鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动 - adopt somebody
to adopt a child 领养孩子 She was forced to have her baby adopted. 她被迫把婴儿给人收养。 She adopted three children from the orphanage. 她从孤儿院收养了三个孩子。
Collocations ChildrenChildren 孩子 Having a baby/child 怀孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
怀孕 - miss your period
月经未按期来 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
怀孕了；发现怀孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩；催产 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流产；引起流产 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting 养育；抚养；教养 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
抚养孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顾小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
换尿布；给婴儿换尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
产假后回到工作岗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收养小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩给人收养 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代养小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2, Law and justiceb2, Family and relationshipsb2We would like to adopt a child. 我们想领养一个孩子。 The child has now been legally adopted. 这个孩子现已被合法收养。 The couple adopted two children. 这对夫妇收养了两个孩子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- have somebody adopted
- [transitive] adopt something
to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something 采用（某方法）；采取（某态度） All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem. 三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。 Our study examined the strategies adopted by patients for seeking information. 我们的研究检查了病人寻求信息的策略。 The police adopted tighter security measures. 警方采取了更严格的安全措施。 to adopt an attitude/stance/position 采取一种态度/立场/立场
Extra ExamplesWe could not agree on the best methods to adopt. 我们无法就采用的最佳方法达成一致。 He smiled and adopted a more casual tone of voice. 他笑了，换了个较为随意的语气。 The new manager adopted a very autocratic style. 新经理采取了非常专制的风格。 The female adopts a more passive role than the male. 女性比男性扮演更被动的角色。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- tend to
- decide to
- be forced to
- …
- [transitive] adopt something
to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting 正式通过，表决采纳（建议、政策等） The government adopted a resolution on disarmament. 政府通过了一项裁军决议。 The council is expected to adopt the new policy at its next meeting. 委员会有望在下次会议上正式通过这项新政策。 The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution. 联合国安理会一致通过了这项决议。
Extra ExamplesThe policy has not yet been formally adopted. 这一政策还未被正式采纳。 What position do you adopt on this issue? 在这个问题上你采取什么立场？ the policies employers adopt towards the labour force 雇主对劳工采取的政策
- [transitive] adopt something
to choose a new name, a country, a custom, etc. and begin to use it as your own 选用（名字等）；移居（某国）；承袭（风俗） to adopt a name/title/language 取名；袭用头衔；采用某语言 Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older, pagan religions. 欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。
Extra ExamplesThe royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century. 王室在上世纪早期选用温莎为名。 He adopted the dress and manners of an Englishman. 他采用了英国人的服装和举止。 The party adopted its current name in 1965. 该党于1965年采用了现在的名字。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- tend to
- decide to
- be forced to
- …
- [transitive] adopt something (formal)
to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc. 采用（某种举止、说话方式等） - [transitive] adopt somebody (as something) (British English,
politics 政治 to choose somebody as a candidate in an election; to choose somebody as your representative 选定，选举（某人为候选人或代表）
child小孩
method方法
suggestion建议
new name/country新名字／国家
way of behaving行为方式
candidate候选人
Word Originlate 15th cent.: via French from Latin adoptare, from ad- ‘to’ + optare ‘choose’.