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

• We go on to state that there are a wide range of SOA adoptions or project types, each of which accrues different benefits.
  然后进一步谈到，SOA项目的类型有多种多样，不同类型的SOA项目带来的价值也不同。
• The problem of plans becoming disconnected from development activity is rampant in enterprise adoptions of Agile.
  规划与开发活动脱离的问题在企业采用敏捷的过程中变得愈演愈烈。
• These changes could come about through marriage, divorce, weddings, adoptions, or the birth of a baby.
  这些改变可能是通过结婚、离婚、婚礼、领养、生育小孩这些方式发生。
• 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。
• Different adoptions of Confucius 'ideas on humanity and loyalty are one of the typical examples.
  中日企业对孔子仁、忠思想的不同吸收便是其中典型的一例。
• She was one of the first to support same-sex adoptions.
  她是最早的一批支持同性收养小孩的。
• Magical Effect and Dismemberment& on the application of idioms in advertising language; Shorthand Skills and Quick Adoptions
  妙用与肢解&谈广告中的成语运用中英文速记术原理与速成妙用法
• 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
• 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。
• Rather than selfless behavior, he says, the adoptions could be the result of adults mistaking the young chimps for their own offspring.
  他说，也许根本不是无私的行为，而是成年黑猩猩错误地将小猩猩当成了自己的后代。