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adopted 音标拼音: [əd'ɑptəd] a. 被收养的,被采用的 被收养的,被采用的 adopted adj 1: acquired as your own by free choice; " my adopted state"; " an adoptive country" [ synonym: { adopted}, { adoptive}] [ ant: { native}] Adopted \ A* dopt" ed\, a. Taken by adoption; taken up as one' s own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- { A* dopt" ed* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
Adopt \ A* dopt"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Adopting}.] [ L. adoptare; ad optare to choose, desire: cf. F. adopter. See { Option}.] 1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily ( a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one' s own child. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To take or receive as one' s own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " adopted": Americanized, Anglicized, accepted, acculturated, acculturized, appointed, approved, assimilated, carried, chosen, designated, elect, elected, elected by acclamation, embraced, espoused, handpicked, indoctrinated, named, naturalized, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, select, selected, unanimously elected
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