【adopt音标】 英[əˈdɒpt] 美[əˈdɑ:pt]
【单词释义】 adopt是什么意思：
vt.采用，采取，采纳；收养；正式接受，接受；批准；通过，表决采纳(建议、政策等)
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] adopts
[单词现在分词] adopting
[单词过去式] adopted
[单词过去分词] adopted
【关联词/派生词】
adoption n.采用；接受；收养，领养
adoptive adj.被采纳的；收养的；有收养关系的
【单词例句】
◇ Abstract art used to be controversial. On one hand, the artists stopped painting delicate figures but attempted to adopt special techniques to give people different visual impacts. On the other hand, their works, including sculptures carved out of marble or fragile clay, were all with a specific aim of showing feelings.
抽象艺术曾经颇受争议，一方面，抽象艺术家们不再画精致的画像，而是试图采用特别的技巧给人们以不同的视觉冲击；另一方面，他们的作品，包括用大理石和易碎的粘土雕刻出来的雕像，都以表达感情为其明确的目的。
---- Abstract Art
◇ "Here, give me the little girl. I will adopt her!"
"把这小姑娘交给我吧，我会待她很好的！"
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Around the same time England adopted autumn, the first-ever British American colonists were voyaging to North America.
大约在英格兰人采用autumn来指代秋天的同一时间，第一批去美国的英国殖民者开始漂洋过海到了北美。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ And, in subsequent years, it was adopted in the US as a goal to promote good health. It's often the default setting on fitness trackers, but what's it really based on?
在随后的几年里，它成为一种促进健康的目标在美国被采纳。健身追踪器的默认设置也是一万步，但这背后真正的原理是什么呢？
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ Now studies have revealed there are certain bedtime poses people should stop adopting due to the negative effects they have on their health.
如今有研究显示，有一些睡姿是应该避免的，因为它们对健康有害。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ The experiment began in early March and will conclude in mid-April, after which productivity data will be collated and analysed. Employees will find out if the new routine will be adopted full-time in July.
这次试验是从三月初开始的，将在四月中旬结束，之后会整理和分析生产率数据。该工作制是否会长期实施将在7月揭晓。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ During the Roman engagement process, a well-off suitor who could afford a ring would slip it over his bride-to-be's fourth finger. Thus, he'd always have a symbolic grip around her lover's vein. The modern world may have adopted that practice from the Romans.
在罗马人订婚的过程中，能买得起戒指的富有的求婚者会将戒指亲自戴到准新娘的无名指上，象征着他抓住了她的“爱情之脉”。现代人可能是从罗马人那里习得这种做法的。