adoptions

英 [əˈdɒpʃ(ə)nz]

美 [əˈdɑpʃənz]

n.  收养; 领养; (想法、计划、名字等的)采用; (候选人的)选定，推选，推举
adoption的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 采取；采纳；采用
  If youadopta 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。
• VERB 收养;领养
  If youadoptsomeone 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。
• VERB 采用，保持（姿势）
  If youadopta 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。
• VERB 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
  If youadopta 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
• VERB 采用（语气、口音等）
  If youadoptan 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。

双语例句

• Many attempted adoptions of iterative development fail because the advocates do not adequately prepare to face the cultural issues that characterize the organization.
  很多试图采用迭代开发的组织都失败了，因为这些拥护者在面对组织特有的文化问题时没有足够的准备。
• Although Korean and Chinese cultures are not the same, adoptions from both countries share things in common, Ng said.
  尽管北韩文化与中国文化间存在著诸多差异，但两国儿童的收养情况有著相似之处，Ng说。
• The buffering effect of coping strategy adoptions was found in this study, but the mechanisms of the effect merit further exploration.
  使用因应策略对压力过程的缓冲作用在本研究中获得支持，但是其作用机制应进一步探讨。
• Of the remaining adopted children, 37 percent were adopted from the U.S.foster care system and38 percent were acquired through private adoptions.
  其余的领养儿童中有37%来自美国的寄养系统，38%是通过私人领养的。
• The dispute comes amid a boom in adoptions from Vietnam.
  收养越南婴儿的热潮引起了争议。
• One child suggested that he was adopted, and a little girl named Jocelynn said," I know all about adoptions beacuse I'm adopted. "
  一个小孩子说那男孩是被人收养的，于是一个叫约瑟琳的小女孩就说：“我完全知道收养是怎么一回事，因为我就是被人收养的。”
• We have had a number of adoptions in most of our major markets.
  大多数主要市场都有不少人选用我们的产品。
• The Hague Convention on Inter Country Adoptions is intended to regulate international adoptions.
  海牙国际领养公约旨在规范国际领养。
• Shorthand Skills and Quick Adoptions Application of GPS in Rapid Repair of Expressway
  中英文速记术原理与速成妙用法GPS在高速公路快速抢修中的应用
• From celebrity adoptions to philanthropic Hollywood families, helping people across the world is almost "en Vogue".
  从名人的收养事件到慈善的好莱坞家庭，几乎使到帮助世界各地的人民这一行为成为一种时尚。