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

• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• Shorthand Skills and Quick Adoptions Application of GPS in Rapid Repair of Expressway
  中英文速记术原理与速成妙用法GPS在高速公路快速抢修中的应用
• Based on analysis of the impact of the rural population ageing towards the rural labor force, this paper puts forward some adoptions through rural industrialization, large-scale agriculture production, industrialization of agricultural production to alleviate the impacts brought by the rural population ageing.
  本文在分析农村人口老龄化对农村劳动力影响的基础上，提出了通过农村产业化，农业生产规模化，以工补农、农业生产工业化的措施来缓解农村人口老龄化所带来的影响。
• We go on to state that there are a wide range of SOA adoptions or project types, each of which accrues different benefits.
  然后进一步谈到，SOA项目的类型有多种多样，不同类型的SOA项目带来的价值也不同。
• These changes could come about through marriage, divorce, weddings, adoptions, or the birth of a baby.
  这些改变可能是通过结婚、离婚、婚礼、领养、生育小孩这些方式发生。
• For example, it is hard for many Americans to see images of a tsunami or an earthquake and not want to help& as in Haiti, where adoptions from the U.
  例如，许多美国人在看到海啸或地震的画面时很难做到无动于衷。
• One child suggested that he was adopted, and a little girl named Jocelynn said," I know all about adoptions beacuse I'm adopted. "
  一个小孩子说那男孩是被人收养的，于是一个叫约瑟琳的小女孩就说：“我完全知道收养是怎么一回事，因为我就是被人收养的。”
• The convention sets standards and procedures for international adoptions, but critics say it also creates expensive and time consuming bureaucratic hurdles.
  大会为跨国收养制定了标准及程序，但批评家说它收费昂贵、时过长、僚习气严重。