adopt
/əˈdɒpt/
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ə - ˈdɒpt -> adopt
(v) မွေးစားသည်။ ခံယူသည်။ အပိုင်ယူသည်။ ရပ်တည်သည်။ ရွေးချယ်သည်။ သဘောတူလက်ခံသည်။
၁။ မွေးစားသည်။ Having no children of their own they were hoping to adopt (an orphan). ❍ Paul's mother had him adopted as a baby because she couldn't look after him herself. ❍ He is their adopted son. Compare FOSTER ၂
၂။ ခံယူသည်။ အပိုင်ယူသည်။ ရပ်တည်သည်။ adopt a name/a custom/an idea/a style of dress ❍ adopt a hard line towards terrorists ❍ This is her adopted country (ie not her native country but the one in which she has chosen to live).
၃။ ~ sb as sth ရွေးချယ်သည်။ She has been adopted as Labour candidate for York.
၄။ သဘောတူလက်ခံသည်။ Congress voted to adopt the new measures.
❏ adoption / ǝ'dɒpʃn / n [C,U] မွေးစားခြင်း။ ရွေးချယ်ခြင်း။ လက်ခံခြင်း။ offer a child for adoption ❍ her adoption as Labour candidate for York ❍ the country of her adoption ❍ the committee's adoption of the proposal.
❏ adoptive adj မွေးစား။ his adoptive parents.
- He decided to adopt a more radical approach to the problem.
- Parliament unanimously adopted the committee’s proposals.
- When questioned, he adopted a very aggressive attitude.
- The couple are hoping to adopt a baby girl.
- He was 18 when he found out he had been adopted.
- She has adopted Japan as her home.
- Kelly was adopted as the candidate for Bolton West.
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