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adopt [əˈdɒpt] VB trans

1. adopt:

adopt

收养 shōuyǎng

2. adopt:

adopt

adopt

采用 cǎiyòng

adopt a positive attitude

采取积极态度

▶ adoption [əˈdɒpʃən] N

▶ adoptive ADJ

Usage examples with adopt

adopt a positive attitude

采取积极态度

adopt [or take, assume] an attitude

采取某种态度 cǎiqǔ mǒuzhǒng tàidu

Circumstances will force them to adopt this policy.

形势将迫使他们采取这一政策。

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At the time, there was no existing scheme that could be qualified as global that could be adopted by all. en.wikipedia.org

Initially the party adopted a passive tactic towards the military dictatorship. en.wikipedia.org

Throughout this section, we adopt an analytic approach to jets. en.wikipedia.org

These structural properties resemble those of gaseous hydrogen peroxide, which adopts a skewed anticlinal conformation, and also experiences a strong rotational barrier. en.wikipedia.org

His own activism, he now realizes, stems largely from the man who adopted him. en.wikipedia.org

Schools and counties that had adopted these textbooks reported improvements in their students' performance. en.wikipedia.org

These requirements determine both the power of the language and its limitations for adopting it for widely different purposes. en.wikipedia.org

The boys also adopted a more adult look, exchanging their sloppy, juvenile wardrobe for suits. en.wikipedia.org

The name has since been adopted by other unrelated hotels. en.wikipedia.org

Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally following her second divorce. en.wikipedia.org

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