adopt

收养

采取；采用

正式通过；采纳

挑选，选定（代表等）

adopt

采用, 收养

adopt

1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

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2. take up and practice as one's own

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3. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

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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"

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5. take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

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6. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

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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"

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