adoption
noun uk/əˈdɒp.ʃən/ us/əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
(TAKING CHILD)
B2 [ C or U ]领养，收养
the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own
put someone up for adoption She was homeless and had to put her child up for adoption (= ask for the child to be taken by someone else as their own). 她无家可归，只好让别人收养她的孩子。
The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions. 过去10年中收养孩子的人数明显减少了。
(STARTING TO USE)
[ U ]接受;采用;采纳
accepting or starting to use something new
Several suggestions have been offered for adoption by the panel. 总共提出了几种建议以供专家小组采纳。
(CHOOSING)
[ U ]选择
choosing or taking something as your own
England was Conrad's country of adoption (= the country where he had chosen to live). 英国是康拉德移居的国家。
The adoption of a woman candidate was seen as controversial. 选择一位女候选人被视为一件很有争议的事。