adopting
present participle ofadopt
| 单词 | adopting |
| 释义 | adopting present participle ofadopt adopt verb uk/əˈdɒpt/us/əˈdɑːpt/adoptverb(TAKE INTO HOME)B2[TorI] tolegallytake another person'schildintoyourownfamilyand takecareof him or her asyourownchild: They've adopted ababygirl. She had thechildadopted(= she gave herbabyto someoneelseto takecareof). They have nochildrenoftheirown, but they'rehopingto adopt. Compare fosterverb(TAKE CARE OF) [T] to take ananimalthat has beenleftin aplacesuch as arescuecentre, andkeepit asyourpet: Only about 20percentof alldogsandcatsthat come into therescuecentrewill be adopted. Shelivesin a 3-bedroomedhomewith fivedogsshe adopted from ananimalshelter. Parenting & caring for children
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Protection and protectors adoptverb(START USING)B2[T] toacceptorstartto use something new: Ithinkit'stimeto adopt a differentstrategyin mydealingswith him. The newtaxwouldforcecompaniesto adopt energy-savingmeasures. He's adopted aremarkablylight-heartedattitudetowards thesituation.
Using and misusing
adoptverb(CHOOSE)[T] tochoosesomeone or something or take something asyourown: Dr Kennedy has been adoptedasthe party'scandidateforSouthCambridge. [T] tostartbehavingin aparticularway,especiallybychoice: Roz has adopted one or twofunnymannerismssince she's been away.
Taking and choosing
adoptverb(PAY FOR)[T] topaymoneyinorderto haveyournameconnectedwith aparticularthing,especiallyinordertohelpanorganizationraisemoney: For just $25, you can adopt a word for anentireyear. [T]UK toagreeto beresponsiblefor aroadbeingmaintained(=keptin goodcondition): Thecouncilsaid theroadwas never adopted and so it is notobligedtorepairit.
Backing, supporting & defending
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Roads & routes in general Roads: urban & residential streets Examplesofadoptingadopting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Or,adoptinga distributed point of view, conceptual representations of verbs may share fewer meaning elements in a bilingual's memory than those of nouns. From theCambridge English Corpus Adoptingdifferent numerations for the two question types provides a simple way around this ban on pure optionality. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the epidemiology of varicella varies worldwide,adoptingforeign prevention policies may not always be applicable. From theCambridge English Corpus Somewhat surprisingly, experience in agriculture was negatively associated withadoptingnew agricultural practices (controlling for age). From theCambridge English Corpus Methodologically, these results were enabled byadoptinga grammaticalization perspective on defining the envelope of variation. From theCambridge English Corpus Signals of credibility predicated onadoptingdegrees of homogeneity are therefore focal, and signal receivers look for them in evaluating the credibility of outsiders. From theCambridge English Corpus They failed to realize that they were therebyadoptingnot an economic but a juridical standpoint. From theCambridge English Corpus The poor rates increasingly paid for cottage rents, off-loaded by landownersadoptingstricter estate management practices. From theCambridge English Corpus The episode thus serves as a case in point of the necessity ofadoptinga broader perspective. From theCambridge English Corpus So the majority of works we presented in this article try to reconcile both requirements - automation and high-quality mappings - byadoptingsemi-automatic approaches. From theCambridge English Corpus This issue is tackled byadoptinga uniform underlying agent architecture, the multi-context architecture. From theCambridge English Corpus And it makes defamilisation an adequate analytical tool as it relies heavily on studying choices and options rather thanadoptinga more needs-based orientation. From theCambridge English Corpus The only advantage ofadoptinga weaker form of metabolism is that it allows virtual life and that is not sufficiently persuasive. From theCambridge English Corpus But a different order of conceptual and practical questions about the registration of common land in this manner is raised byadoptingan environmental perspective. From theCambridge English Corpus In what follows, we focus on the narrow normative coverage question,adoptingthe second of the approaches described above. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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