adoption
US /əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
UK /əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
1.
采用, 采纳
the action or fact of adopting or being adopted
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The adoption of new technologies is crucial for progress.
新技术的采用对进步至关重要。
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The company announced the adoption of a new policy.
公司宣布采纳一项新政策。
2.
收养, 领养
the legal process by which a person takes another person's child into their own family and raises them as their own
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They are going through the process of child adoption.
他们正在办理儿童收养手续。
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The new law simplifies the adoption procedures.
新法律简化了收养程序。