adoption
UK [ə'dɒp.ʃən] US [-'dɑ:p-] noun
TAKING CHILD 领养孩子
countable or uncountable
■the act of legally taking a child to be looked after as your own 领养，收养•She was homeless and had to put her child up for adoption (= asked for the child to be taken by someone else as their own).她无家可归，只好让别人收养她的孩子。 •The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions.过去十年中收养孩子的人数明显减少了。
UK [ə'dɒp.ʃən] US [-'dɑ:p-] noun
STARTING 开始
uncountable
■accepting or starting to use something new 接受；采用；采纳•Several suggestions have been offered for adoption by the panel.总共提出了几项建议以供专家小组采纳。
UK [ə'dɒp.ʃən] US [-'dɑ:p-] noun
CHOOSING 选择
uncountable
■choosing or taking something as your own 选择•England was Conrad's country of adoption.康拉德移居英格兰。 •The adoption of a woman candidate was seen as controversial.推举一位女候选人很有争议。 |