adopt/ə'dɒpt $ ə'dɑːpt/

v.

➊ become the legal parents of sb else's child

➋ begin to use a new way of doing sth

v.

➊ [T; I] 收养：The couple adopted a 5-year-old child. 这对夫妇收养了一个5岁的孩子。

➋ [T] 采纳，采用，采取：He didn't adopt my point of view. 他没有采纳我的观点。

◇The teacher adopted a new method for teaching writing. 老师采用一种新方法教写作。

构词ad- + opt （= choose选择）

同根 optional