adoption
英 [ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n]
美[ə'dɑpʃən]
- n. 采用；收养；接受
英英释意
- 1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;
- "its adoption by society"
- "the proposal found wide acceptance"
- 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"