单词
adoption
英 [?'d?p?(?)n]
美[?'dɑp??n]
基本信息
- n. 采用；收养；接受
IELTSTOEFLCET6中高频词
词态变化
复数:?adoptions;
英文词源
- adoption (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French adopcion or directly from Latin adoptionem (nominative adoptio), noun of action from past participle stem of adoptare "chose for oneself, take by choice, select, adopt," especially "to take into a family, adopt as a child," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + optare "choose, wish, desire" (see option (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. She put up her daughter for adoption in 1967.
- 1967年她为女儿征领养家庭。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons.
- 收养不成功可能有各种原因。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She put the baby up for adoption.
- 她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.
- 那参议员极力反对采取这项措施.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Adoption papers were duly filed in May 1974.
- 有关收养的文件在1974年5月就已归档.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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