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单词 co-opt
释义
co-opt
verb[T]
uk
/kəʊˈɒpt/us
/koʊˈɑːpt/
(of anelectedgroup) to make someone amemberthrough thechoiceof thepresentmembers:
（指由现有成员）增选…为新成员，推举…为新成员
She was co-optedon tothecommitteelastJune.去年6月她被增选为委员会成员。
toincludesomeone in something, often againsttheirwill:
强行拉进；拉拢，笼络
Whether theylikedit or not,localpeoplewere co-optedintothevictoryparade.不管愿不愿意，当地人都被强拉参加了胜利大游行。
to use someone else'sideas:
借鉴，借用（别人的观点）
Rock androllmusicwaslargelyco-opted from theblues.摇滚乐大量借鉴了布鲁斯音乐。
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Causing somebody to act
Copying and copies
(Definition ofco-optfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

co-opt| American Dictionary

co-opt
verb[T]
us
/koʊˈɑpt,ˈkoʊ·ɑpt/
topersuadesomeone whocriticizesordisagreeswith you tojoinyourgroupso that thepersoncan nolongeropposeyou:
Thepresidentco-optedjournalistsbyinvitingthem toprivatedinnersin theWhiteHouse.
To co-opt is also toclaimsomething asyourown when it was reallycreatedbyothers:
Republicans said the Democrats had co-optedtheirplanfortaxreform.
(Definition ofco-optfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofco-opt

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As products of hegemony, theyco-optboth elites from peripheral countries and also counterhegemonic ideas.
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As with local voices, political commentators will rush to denounce or to support the foreign speaker, seeking to discredit him or toco-opthim.
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These sponsors could thenco-optanxieties about national unity in a selective celebration designed purely for their own ends.
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On another level, institutionsco-optideas that challenge the world economy by transforming ideas to make them consistent with hegemonic doctrines.
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On these foundations a significant part of civil society resisted attempts of local governments and politicians toco-optthem.
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The modernization of state institutions afforded rulers greater power than ever before, which they wielded to silence andco-optthe ulema.
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This model could be used to study how glioblastoma tumour cellsco-optthe host stromal cells to enhance tumour cell growth, survival, and invasion.
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Both governments worked diligently toco-optorganized labor following independence.
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Fourth, in a colonial setting where the government needed toco-optthe local elite, the parastatal design provided an ideal institutional infrastructure.
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The second aims toco-optthe extremes and include them as participants in and beneficiaries of compromise.
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States obliged, mobilising new-found resources to repress andco-optregional warlords.
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To prevent and control crime and delinquency you need toco-optthe gang and redirect the group's activities towards more positive ends.
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But it does not follow that these arrangements canco-optradical consumerism.
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It is perhaps not surprising that hegemonic structures in society wouldco-optand instrumentalize the most radical and threatening aspects of piety.
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In the first place, presidents had at their disposal important economic and political resources toco-optregional elites.
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