adopt

一、真题好句
adopt 选择性必修1000 全国卷频次:1 教材出处:译林版选必修B3U3
/əˈdɔpt/
v. adopts 0 adopting 2 adopted 1
采用；收养，领养
高考真题原句选：
What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men.
For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary experiment.

二、词组｜习惯用语
adopt various methods 采取不同办法

三、词根记忆词典

adopt
vt.
采用,采取(態度等);選定;收養The optional helicopter is adopted to help the optimistic helpless in the hell.可選用的直升飛機被用來幫助地獄裏那些樂觀的無助者.
收養;采納(ad+opt選擇→選出來→采納)[ad-加在在單詞或詞根前,表示”做…,加強…”] v.
采納;收養(ad增加+opt→通過選擇增加→采納)[opt=choose,表示”選擇”]

adopt / E5dCpt; NAmE E5dB:pt /
verb
CHILD 小孩
1. to take sb else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
收养；领养:
▪ [V] a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt
鼓励无子女夫妇领养孩子的运动
▪ [VN] 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。
⇨ compare foster
METHOD 方法
2. [VN] to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards sb / sth
采用(某方法)；采取(某态度):
All seven teams adopted different approaches to the problem.
三个队处理这个问题的方法各不相同。
SUGGESTION 建议
3. [VN] to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting
正式通过,表决采纳(建议、政策等):
to adopt a resolution
通过一项决议
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。
NEW NAME / COUNTRY 新名字/国家
4. [VN] 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。
WAY OF BEHAVING 行为方式
5. [VN] (formal) to use a particular manner, way of speaking, expression, etc.
采用(某种举止、说话方式等):
He adopted an air of indifference.
他摆出一副满不在乎的样子。
CANDIDATE 候选人
6. [VN] ~ sb (as sth) (BrE) (politics 政) to choose sb as a candidate in an election or as a representative
选定,选举(某人为候选人或代表):
She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
她被推举为伍德格林选区的议员候选人。

adopt /əˈdɒpt $ əˈdɑːpt/ ●●○ S3 W2 verb
1  CHILD 孩子 [intransitive, transitive] to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parent 收养，领养 → foster
Sally was adopted when she was four.
莎莉四岁时被人收养。
The couple are unable to have children of their own, but hope to adopt.
那对夫妇自己无法生育，但希望领养孩子。
2  adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc to start to deal with or think about something in a particular way 采用某种方法/政策/态度等
The courts were asked to adopt a more flexible approach to young offenders.
法庭被要求对少年犯采取更为灵活的处理方法。
The store recently adopted a drug testing policy for all new employees.
这家商店近来实行新雇员一律要做药检的政策。
California has adopted a tough stance on the issue.
加利福尼亚州对这一问题持强硬立场。
3  STYLE/MANNER 作风/方式 [transitive] to use a particular style of speaking, writing, or behaving, especially one that you do not usually use 采取，采用〔不常用的说话、写作或行为方式〕
Kim adopts a southern accent when speaking to family back home.
基姆和老家的亲人讲话就操南方口音。
4  LAW/RULE 法律/法规 [transitive] to formally approve a proposal, amendment etc, especially by voting 正式通过，批准〔尤以投票方式〕
Congress finally adopted the law after a two-year debate.
经过两年辩论，国会最终通过了这项法律。
5  NAME/COUNTRY ETC 名字/国家等 [transitive] to choose a new name, country, custom etc, especially to replace a previous one 选定〔名字〕；移居〔国家〕；采纳〔习俗〕
Stevens became a Muslim and adopted the name Yusuf Islam.
史蒂文斯成为穆斯林后取名优素福·伊斯兰。
Becoming a member of a society means adopting its values.
成为某个社会的一员意味着要接纳这个社会的价值观。
6. ELECTION 选举 [transitive] British English to officially choose someone to represent a political party in an election 提名…为候选人
—adopter noun [countable] —adoptee /əˌdɒpˈtiː $ əˌdɑːp-/ noun [countable] Origin adopt (1400-1500) French adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad- “to” + optare “to choose”

adopt ★★★★☆
1.VERB 动词采取；采纳；采用 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：Also V n as n
Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops…

议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。

Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.

应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。

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…the adoption of Japanese management practices by British manufacturing.

英国制造业采取日本的管理方法

2.VERB 动词收养;领养 If you adopt someone else’s child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V-ed

【语法信息】：Also V
There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child…

有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。

The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.

被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。

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A social worker is appointed to interview the prospective adopters.

一名社工被任命对有意收养者进行面试。

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They gave their babies up for adoption…

他们放弃自己的婴儿，让别人领养。

The majority of adoptions are successful.

大多数的收养都是成功的。

3.VERB 动词采用，保持（姿势） If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.

【语法信息】：V n

【STYLE标签】：FORMAL 正式
I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.

我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。

4.VERB 动词移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居 If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V-ed
Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.

波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。

…their adopted home in England.

他们移居英国的家

5.VERB 动词采用（语气、口音等） If you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.

【语法信息】：V n
He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster…

他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。

The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.

女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

adopt /əˈdɑːpt/ verb
adopts; adopted; adopting
1
: to take a child of other parents legally as your own child收养，领养；过继
[no object] They were unable to have children of their own, so they decided to adopt.
他们自己不能生育，所以决定收养孩子。
[+ object] They decided to adopt a child.
他们决定收养一个孩子。
He was adopted as an infant.
他还是个婴儿时就被人收养了。
2
[+ object] a : to begin to use or have (a different manner, method, etc.)采纳，采取，采用（别种方式、方法等）
Their boss has recently adopted a friendlier manner. [=has started behaving in a friendlier way] 他们的老板最近采取了更友好的态度。
Did he adopt your point of view?
他采纳你的观点了吗？
We adopted some of the local customs.
我们采纳了当地的一些习俗。
b : to begin to use (a name that is not your real or original name)采用（新名字）
The author Samuel Clemens adopted the name “Mark Twain.”
作者塞缪尔·克莱门斯采用了马克·吐温这个名字。
c : to live in (a country that is not your original country) and regard it as your home移居；定居
He was born in England but he has adopted Canada as his home.
他出生在英格兰，但是移居到了加拿大。
3
[+ object] : to accept or approve (something, such as a proposal) in a formal or official way正式通过，批准（建议等）
The assembly adopted a new constitution.
议会批准了新宪法。
The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Senate.
这项决议在参议院获得一致通过。
4
[+ object] chiefly British : to select (someone) officially as a candidate提名（某人）为候选人
The party adopted [=selected, chose] her as its candidate for mayor.
该政党提名她为市长候选人。
— adopted adjective
an adopted child [=a child who has been adopted] 被收养的孩子
She is their adopted daughter.
她是他们的养女。
“Mark Twain” was the adopted name of Samuel Clemens.
马克·吐温是塞缪尔·克莱门斯的笔名。
Canada is his adopted country.
加拿大是他移居的国家。