to accept and use a particular idea, system or proposal, especially a new one 采取；采纳◆Business will move to other centres if we do not adopt modern business methods. 如果我们不采取现代经营方式，生意将转移到其他中心。
() to buy and use a product or service as the normal or official one 正式采用（某产品或服务）◆a campaign to persuade households to adopt digital television 游说家庭采用数字电视的广告活动
to support, or partly support, a public place or institution, for example a school, by giving money, usually to make good relations between the company and the local community 赞助➡sponsor verb