单词 | adopt |
释义 | adopt adopt /; AmE / verb [+ obj]
1 to accept and use a particular idea, system or proposal, especially a new one: Business will move to other centres if we do not adopt modern business methods. The company adopted a model of open communication with customers.
2 (Marketing ) to buy and use a product or service as the normal or official one: a campaign to persuade households to adopt digital television The software was adopted by the automotive sector to design BMWs.
3 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: Many companies have a program to adopt a school, providing books, art supplies and clothing. ⇨ SPONSOR verb |
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