n.收养，领养; 采用; （候选人）选定

Adoption in ancient Rome → 古代罗马的领养制度
adoption process → 采购过程；采用过程；收养手续；采用程序
rate of adoption → 采购率；采纳率；采用率；技术创新的社会采纳率
adoption law → 收养法；养子法规
adoption agreement → 收养协议
adoption society → 群聚；收养公会
International Adoption → 跨国领养；国际收养
Adoption Curve → 采用曲线；导入曲线；接受曲线；批准

1. She put up her daughter for adoption in 1967.
[汉]1967年她为女儿征领养家庭。
——来自柯林斯例句
2. Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons.
[汉]收养不成功可能有各种原因。
——来自柯林斯例句
3. She put the baby up for adoption.
[汉]她提出要让人收养那个婴儿。
——来自《权威词典》
4. The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.
[汉]那参议员极力反对采取这项措施.
——来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Adoption papers were duly filed in May 1974.
[汉]有关收养的文件在1974年5月就已归档.
——来自《简明英汉词典》

【Noun】

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"