adoption

UK:  [ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n]

US:  [ə'dɑpʃ(ə)n]

复数：adoptions  

n.

1.采用;采取;采行;通过

2.接受,采用

3.收养,过继

4.采纳

5.继嗣,过继

6.接收

7.(外国语的)借用

8.(候选人的)指定

9.验收

1 . She has decided to put the child up for adoption.
她已经决定将这个孩子交给他人收养。

2 . Still, it is clear that this is the early stage of adoption when many cell owners do not know what their phone can do.
不过，很显然这依然是这一趋势的初期，因为许多手机用户不知道他们的手机能做些什么。

3 . Group B recommended the adoption of this new mechanism and a review of its implementation at the next General Assembly.
B集团建议通过这一新机制，并在下届大会上对其实施情况进行审查。

4 . I realized how much adoption had meant to each of us in my family.
我意识到领养对我们家庭的每一个成员的意义是多么重大。

5 . Until this point, it has not been made widely available so there's been no mass adoption.
直到现在它还没有被广泛提供，因此没有被大量采纳。