adoptions

英 [əˈdɒpʃ(ə)nz]

美 [əˈdɑpʃənz]

n.  收养; 领养; (想法、计划、名字等的)采用; (候选人的)选定，推选，推举
adoption的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 采取；采纳；采用
  If youadopta new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
  1. Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
     议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。
  2. Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.
     应帮助学生对环境采取积极的态度。
• VERB 收养;领养
  If youadoptsomeone else's child, you take it into your own family and make it legally your son or daughter.
  1. There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child...
     有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。
  2. The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.
     被收养的孩子有权看自己的出生证明。
• VERB 采用，保持（姿势）
  If youadopta physical position, you move yourself into it.
  1. I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.
     我努力保持蜷曲的姿势以免四肢受伤。
• VERB 移居（某国）;选择（某国）定居
  If youadopta country, you choose it as a place to live.
  1. Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
     波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。
  2. ...their adopted home in England.
     他们移居英国的家
• VERB 采用（语气、口音等）
  If youadoptan accent or a particular tone of voice, you speak differently from normal, especially to create an effect in a particular situation.
  1. He has adopted the accent of a Second World War newscaster...
     他承袭了二战时期播音员的口音。
  2. The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.
     女孩不知道该做什么，也不知道该用什么口气说。

双语例句

• Bribery of orphanage officials may occur, but serious offenses such as baby-selling or kidnapping are not a problem, said Vu Duc Long, director of the Department of International Adoptions.
  国际收养部主任VuDucLong说，贿赂孤儿院官员的事儿有可能发生，但不存在贩卖或绑架婴儿这类事情。
• Analysis of the court's power to review adoptions
  人民法院对收养行为的审查权探析
• Then the thesis respectively examines the two types of adoptions in Australia& domestic adoption and intercountry adoption.
  接下来，论文从澳大利亚国内领养和跨国领养两方面分别进行分析。
• Of the remaining adopted children, 37 percent were adopted from the U.S.foster care system and38 percent were acquired through private adoptions.
  其余的领养儿童中有37%来自美国的寄养系统，38%是通过私人领养的。
• The dispute comes amid a boom in adoptions from Vietnam.
  收养越南婴儿的热潮引起了争议。
• The problem of plans becoming disconnected from development activity is rampant in enterprise adoptions of Agile.
  规划与开发活动脱离的问题在企业采用敏捷的过程中变得愈演愈烈。
• Many attempted adoptions of iterative development fail because the advocates do not adequately prepare to face the cultural issues that characterize the organization.
  很多试图采用迭代开发的组织都失败了，因为这些拥护者在面对组织特有的文化问题时没有足够的准备。
• She was one of the first to support same-sex adoptions.
  她是最早的一批支持同性收养小孩的。
• He also served as Vice President of Gift of Love International Adoptions ( 2006-2008) and President of the Zhejiang Gongshang University North American Alumni Association ( 2007-2009).
  同时他也以副主席的身份服务于博爱国际儿童领养基金会（2006年-2008年）；浙江工商大学北美校友会会长（2007年-2009年）。
• Different adoptions of Confucius 'ideas on humanity and loyalty are one of the typical examples.
  中日企业对孔子仁、忠思想的不同吸收便是其中典型的一例。