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单词 adoptive
释义
adoptive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/əˈdɒp.tɪv/us
/əˈdɑːp.tɪv/
An adoptiveparentis one who hasadoptedachild.
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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your parents
  • parentMy parents died when I was young.
  • biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
  • adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents.
  • motherHave you met my mother?
  • fatherMy father fully supports my life choices.
  • mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parenting & caring for children
  • adopt
  • adoptable
  • adopted
  • adoptee
  • adoption
  • child-rearing
  • childless
  • childlessness
  • childmind
  • childminder
  • looked-after
  • mothering
  • nanny
  • non-custodial
  • nursemaid
  • swaddle
  • unadoptable
  • unadopted
  • upbringing
  • visitation
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(Definition ofadoptivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • An adopted son passes completely out of the family of his natural, into that of his adoptive, father, all his rights and duties as a son being at the same time transferred.
  • His adoptive father shall give him of his wealth one-third of a child's portion, and then he may go.
  • His language to his emperor and adoptive father was deeply respectful and he spoke modestly of himself.
  • This can be seen nowhere better than in his attitude toward his adoptive father Julius Caesar.
  • Thus there came to the empire only experienced men, who without confusion assumed the throne of their adoptive fathers.

adoptive| American Dictionary

adoptive
adjective[not gradable]
us
/əˈdɑp·tɪv/
related,esp. asparentsof someone, throughadoption:
Her adoptiveparentswerefarmers.
(Definition ofadoptivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadoptive

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Once performed, an adoption was irrevocable and theadoptiveson enjoyed all the rights of natural sons.
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Sometimes, however, relationships between potentiallyadoptivefoster parents and infants are disrupted so as to reunite sibling groups.
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It was very difficult to findadoptiveparents for them.
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Adopted girls at genetic risk became depressed only if there was serious psychopathology in the rearingadoptiveparents.
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For example, someadoptiveparents report that professionals told them "not to worry" despite observing behaviors that were clearly problematic.
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Frequently,adoptiveparents take their children to a general practice pediatrician shortly after their arrival in the country.
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What risk will prospectiveadoptivepatents be willing to take if every child is tested?
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Unfortunately, an indeterminate number fail to make such progress and confront theiradoptiveparents with sometimes overwhelming problems.
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Someadoptiveparents tell horrendous stories about the difficulty they encountered in their struggle to find the appropriate help for their children.
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As can be seen, personality is much more correlated within nonadoptive homes thanadoptivehomes, indicating the influence of genes on personality.
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Atadoptiveplacement this latter child had been in institutional care for 28 months.
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Despite these early adversities, the outcomes following rearing in mostly well-functioningadoptivefamilies have been quite good.
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Note that age at testing was the sum of age at adoption and time in theadoptivehome.
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Second, time in theadoptivehome, if anything, was associated with increasing rates of behavior problems.
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To obtain a measure of time in theadoptivehome, age at adoption in months was subtracted from age at testing in months.
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