co-opt
英 [kəu'ɔpt]
美
- vt. 由现会员选举；指派
英英释意
- 1. choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague;
- "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
- 2. neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group;
- "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
- 3. appoint summarily or commandeer;
- "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"
- 4. take or assume for one's own use;
- "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"