adoption 音标拼音: [əd'ɑpʃən]
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采取,采纳,采用;通过;收养,领养
adoption n 1 :
the act of accepting with approval ;
favorable reception ;
"
its adoption by society "; "
the proposal found wide acceptance " [
synonym : {
adoption }, {
acceptance }, {
acceptation },
{
espousal }]
2 :
a legal proceeding that creates a parent -
child relation between persons not related by blood ;
the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (
including the right to inherit )
3 :
the appropriation (
of ideas or words etc )
from another source ; "
the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent "
[
synonym : {
borrowing }, {
adoption }]
Adoption \
A *
dop "
tion \,
n . [
L .
adoptio ,
allied to adoptare to adopt :
cf .
F .
adoption .]
1 .
The act of adopting ,
or state of being adopted ;
voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one '
s own child .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Admission to a more intimate relation ;
reception ;
as ,
the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries ,
or of one society into another .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The choosing and making that to be one '
s own which originally was not so ;
acceptance ;
as ,
the adoption of opinions . --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "
adoption ":
Americanization ,
acceptance ,
acculturation ,
admission ,
affiliation ,
appropriation ,
arrogation ,
assimilation ,
assumption ,
borrowed plumes ,
circumcision ,
citizenship by naturalization ,
citizenship papers ,
colonization ,
conquest ,
conversion ,
copying ,
culture shock ,
derivation ,
deriving ,
embracement ,
embracing ,
encroachment ,
enslavement ,
espousal ,
imitation ,
indent ,
infringement ,
invasion ,
mocking ,
nationalization ,
naturalization ,
naturalized citizenship ,
new birth ,
new life ,
occupation ,
papers ,
pasticcio ,
pastiche ,
pirating ,
plagiarism ,
plagiary ,
playing God ,
preemption ,
preoccupation ,
prepossession ,
rebirth ,
redeemedness ,
redemption ,
reformation ,
regeneration ,
requisition ,
salvation ,
second birth ,
seizure ,
simulation ,
spiritual purification ,
subjugation ,
takeover ,
taking ,
taking over ,
trespass ,
trespassing ,
usurpation Adoption the giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth .
(
1 .)
Natural .
Thus Pharaoh '
s daughter adopted Moses (
Ex .
2 :
10 ),
and Mordecai Esther (
Esther 2 :
7 ).
(
2 .)
National .
God adopted Israel (
Ex .
4 :
22 ;
Deut .
7 :
6 ;
Hos .
11 :
1 ;
Rom .
9 :
4 ).
(
3 .)
Spiritual .
An act of God '
s grace by which he brings men into the number of his redeemed family ,
and makes them partakers of all the blessings he has provided for them .
Adoption represents the new relations into which the believer is introduced by justification ,
and the privileges connected therewith ,
viz .,
an interest in God '
s peculiar love (
John 17 :
23 ;
Rom .
5 :
5 -
8 ),
a spiritual nature (
2 Pet .
1 :
4 ;
John 1 :
13 ),
the possession of a spirit becoming children of God (
1 Pet .
1 :
14 ;
2 John 4 ;
Rom .
8 :
15 -
21 ;
Gal .
5 :
1 ;
Heb .
2 :
15 ),
present protection ,
consolation ,
supplies (
Luke 12 :
27 -
32 ;
John 14 :
18 ;
1 Cor .
3 :
21 -
23 ;
2 Cor .
1 :
4 ),
fatherly chastisements (
Heb .
12 :
5 -
11 ),
and a future glorious inheritance (
Rom .
8 :
17 ,
23 ;
James 2 :
5 ;
Phil .
3 :
21 ).
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