1. 采?。徊杉{；采用
    If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.

    e.g. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
           議會采納了要求全部撤軍的決議。
    e.g. Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
           應(yīng)幫助學(xué)生對環(huán)境采取積極的態(tài)度。

2. 收養(yǎng);領(lǐng)養(yǎng)
    If you adopt someone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.

    e.g. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
           有數(shù)以百計的人渴望領(lǐng)養(yǎng)孩子。
    e.g. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
           被收養(yǎng)的孩子有權(quán)看自己的出生證明。

3. 采用，保持（姿勢）
    If you adopt a physical position, you move yourself into it.

    e.g. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.
           我努力保持蜷曲的姿勢以免四肢受傷。

4. 移居（某國）;選擇（某國）定居
    If you adopt a country, you choose it as a place to live.

adopt什么意思

    e.g. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
           波度爾斯基加入美國海軍當(dāng)上了飛行員，不僅改了國籍還換了行當(dāng)。
    e.g. ...their adopted home in England.
           他們移居英國的家

5. 采用（語氣、口音等）
    If you adopt an accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.

    e.g. He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...
           他承襲了二戰(zhàn)時期播音員的口音。
    e.g. The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.
           女孩不知道該做什么，也不知道該用什么口氣說。