adoption

noun

1. 收养；领养
   the act of adopting a child
   1. She put the baby up for adoption.
      她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。
2. （想法、计划、名字等的）采用
   the decision to start using sth such as an idea, a plan or a name
   1. the adoption of new technology
      新技术的采用
3. （候选人的）选定，推选，推举
   the act of choosing sb as a candidate for an election
   1. his adoption as the Labour candidate
      他被选定为工党候选人

1. VERB 采取；采纳；采用
   If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
2. VERB 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.
   1. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
      有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
   2. 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。
3. VERB 采用，保持（姿势）
   If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.
   1. 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 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
   If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.
   1. 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。
   2. ...their adopted home in England.
      他们移居英国的家
5. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. This sensitive book tackles the delicate issue of adoption with care and simplicity
   这本敏感的书谨慎、简洁地讨论了收养这一微妙问题。
2. Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons
   收养不成功可能有各种原因。
3. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
   这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。
4. Researchers have unearthed documents indicating her responsibility for the forced adoption of children
   调查人员已经发现了证明她对强制收养儿童事件负有责任的文件。
5. The word is now English by adoption.
   这个词现在已被采纳入英语。
6. The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.
   那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
7. There is increasing worldwide adoption of the same name for each therapeutic substance.
   在世界范围内对一药物有逐渐采用同一个药名的趋势。
8. She refused to give the child for adoption.
   她拒绝将她的孩子给人收养。
9. When this activity was revealed, international outrage led to the drafting and adoption of the Basel Convention.
   当这项活动被披露时，国际的愤慨促使巴塞尔公约的起草和通过。
10. Address corporate customer retention issues through modernization initiatives and adoption of new technologies.
    通过现代化活动和新技术采用来处理公司的客户保留问题。
11. This complexity has restricted it from widespread adoption by service providers and social media providers.
    这种复杂性阻碍了服务供应商和社会媒体供应商对它的广泛采用。
12. Adoption and maturity models.
    采用和成熟模型。
13. This is an anti-pattern in SOA adoption, and should be avoided.
    这是SOA采用中的一个反模式，应该加以避免。
14. This is a key aspect of successful adoption.
    这是成功采用的关键方面。
15. They have also provided most of the impetus for the adoption of these practices.
    同时，它们也为这些实践方法的采用提供了很大推动力。
16. In the next part of this effort, you produce an adoption roadmap.
    在本文接下来的一部分中，您要生成一个采用路线图。
17. I am also quite impressed with the rate of adoption of these metadata technologies by vendors of educational technology.
    教育技术的供应商对这些元数据技术的采用率如此之高，也给我留下了深刻的印象。
18. This software provides tools that help accelerate adoption of more modern architectures and technologies.
    该软件提供了许多工具，旨在帮助加速对更多现代架构和技术的采用。
19. Its incompatibility with X hinders its adoption in many projects.
    它与X的不兼容性阻碍了它在许多项目中的使用。
20. Feedback on the approach to adoption is gathered.
    关于采用方法的反馈得到了收集。
21. Solution definition can be accelerated through the adoption of industry frameworks and reference models.
    可以通过采用行业框架和参考模型来加速解决方案定义工作。
22. National Adoption Day also reminds us that not every child finds this happy ending.
    全国收养日也提示了我们不是每个孩子都找到了自己的幸福归宿。
23. This led to the widespread adoption of computers, mobile phones, and the information technology revolution.
    这导致了计算机、手机的普及，推动了信息技术的革命。
24. What can we ( as developers and designers) do to help with CSS3 development and mainstream adoption?
    作为开发者和设计者，我们可以为CSS3的开发和采用提供什么帮助？
25. SAS provides a unified framework that enables rapid adoption and deployment of critical business assessment and monitoring capabilities.
    SAS提供一个统一的框架，使快速通过和关键业务的评估和监测能力的部署。
26. Are you forgetting the circumstances of clark's adoption?
    你忘了你们收养，克拉克时的情况了吗？
27. Then you can apply for adoption.
    你就可以申请收养了。
28. Barriers for new payment systems include cost and rates of adoption.
    推广新支付系统的障碍包括成本和采用率。
29. The adoption of the layer structure simplified models and improved the readability.
    同时层次化结构的采用简化了模型和提高了可读性。
30. Since the adoption of the new working method, production has gone up.
    自从采用了新的工作方法，产量提高了。

noun

1. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
   1. the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent

   Synonym:    borrowing

2. the act of accepting with approval
   1. its adoption by society
   2. the proposal found wide acceptance

   Synonym:    acceptanceacceptationespousal

3. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood