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adoption

/uh-dop-shuhn/US // əˈdɒp ʃən //

采用,通过,采用方式,通过了

Related Words

enactment颁布,立法,制定,颁布情况acceptance接受,接纳,受理,接受程度ratification批准书,批准,批准权,认可maintenance维护,维持,维修,维修保养endorsement认可,背书,赞同,赞成approval批准,审批,认可,批准书selection选择,挑选,筛选,甄选appropriation拨款,批款,划拨,拨出的款项confirmation确认,证实,确认书,认可support支持,支助,支撑,支持率choice选择,选择权,选择题,抉择embracement拥抱,包容,拥护,包容性following以下,以下是,以下为,以下是关于approbation认可,认可度,赞成,赞同assumption假设,假定,臆断espousal配对,特许经营,婚约,配偶关系embracing拥抱,拥护,拥抱的,拥抱他人fostering培养,培育,养育,助长fosterage寄养,抚养费,养育费,寄养家庭raising提高,提升,筹集资金,提高了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of establishing a legal relationship between a child and a parent other than the child’s biological parent, thereby entrusting the designated adult with responsibility for raising the child: Have you considered growing your family through adoption?
    • : the act or process of acquiring a pet, especially a stray or abandoned animal from an animal rescue organization: The shelter sees a rush of dog adoptions every June, when school lets out for summer.
    • : the act of accepting, embracing, or starting to use something, as an idea, behavior, characteristic, or principle: The adoption of a new amendment was delayed by partisan bickering.Her friends and family were surprised by her adoption of European mannerisms and expressions after only one year abroad.
    • : the state of being adopted.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounchoosing or taking something as one's own
Synonyms
acceptance接受,接纳,受理,接受程度approval批准,审批,认可,批准书enactment颁布,立法,制定,颁布情况endorsement认可,背书,赞同,赞成maintenance维护,维持,维修,维修保养ratification批准书,批准,批准权,认可approbation认可,认可度,赞成,赞同appropriation拨款,批款,划拨,拨出的款项assumption假设,假定,臆断choice选择,选择权,选择题,抉择confirmation确认,证实,确认书,认可embracement拥抱,包容,拥护,包容性embracing拥抱,拥护,拥抱的,拥抱他人espousal配对,特许经营,婚约,配偶关系following以下,以下是,以下为,以下是关于selection选择,挑选,筛选,甄选support支持,支助,支撑,支持率taking on承担,担任,担当,承担了taking over接管,接管了,接手,取代taking up担任,担当,占据了,占用了
nounlegal taking of another's child
Synonyms
fosterage寄养,抚养费,养育费,寄养家庭fostering培养,培育,养育,助长raising提高,提升,筹集资金,提高了adopting采用,通过,采取,通过了naturalizing归化,入籍化,入籍,归化的taking in摄取,摄于,吸收,吸纳

Examples

  • While there are hurdles to wide adoption, there is no reason Neuralink couldn’t push into these areas in the future.

  • TikTok “hasn’t really been a place where we’ve seen a lot of growth and adoption from a performance standpoint,” Scarborough said.

  • Coronado’s director of student support services, Niamh Foley, confirmed no such adoption was being made, but some changes are happening in the short and long term.

  • As McKinsey puts it, we have “covered a decade in days” as far as the adoption of digital goes.

  • She was moved to share her experience after unearthing mementos in her apartment, including a 1964 letter from a man who thanked her for arranging the adoption of his newborn son, leading her to virtually track down the adoptee, now in his mid-50s.

  • Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.

  • The children found a new family after a home study was done and the adoption was completed in court.

  • They are for corporations like Hobby Lobby, and vast hospital networks, and, yes, adoption agencies.

  • Allow adoption agencies not to place kids with same-sex couples.

  • Thus the adoption of any particular verb is a matter of taste, not a question of absolute correctness.

  • These, then, appear to be the cogent reasons for the adoption of the medium rise in the modelling by Stradivari.

  • By the adoption of scientific principles Hope-Jones has multiplied the efficiency of Swell boxes tenfold.

  • Many organs now constructed have their tonal effects more than doubled through adoption of this principle.

  • The reasons for its adoption were, and are, still obviously wise, although not necessitous.

  • The complication of business has led to the adoption of another principle in managing corporations.

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