adoption
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·dop·tion /əˈdɒpʃən $ əˈdɑːp-/ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]SSF the act or process of adopting a child 收养，领养 She decided to put the baby up for adoption. 她决定让人收养那个婴儿。2. [uncountable]DECIDE the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc 采用，采纳3. [uncountable] British English the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election 〔候选人的〕提名
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adoption• Within the Ministry, there had been some pressure for the explicit adoption of replacement cost depreciation conventions.• Its adoption, however, was to be delayed until the new Constitution came into effect.• Following mounting concern about some of the problems of adoption and fostering, a departmental committee was set up to investigate.• And now guidelines advise on same-race adoption policy.• Further, supporters of the bill seem ignorant of the dangers of the path they are taking adoption policy.• But as Table 2-1 shows, the adoption of free-market develop-ment models has raised their average growth rates.a·dop·tion nounChineseSyllable
the child of or act process a Corpus adopting
adoption
a‧dop‧tion /əˈdɒpʃən $ əˈdɑːp-/
noun
1. [uncountable and countable] the act or process of adopting a child:
She decided to put the baby up for adoption.
2. [uncountable] the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc
3. [uncountable] British English the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election
a‧dop‧tion /əˈdɒpʃən $ əˈdɑːp-/
noun1. [uncountable and countable] the act or process of adopting a child:
2. [uncountable] the act of starting to use a particular plan, method, way of speaking etc
3. [uncountable] British English the choice of a particular person to represent a political party in an election
Having a baby/child 怀孕
want a baby/a child/kids想要孩子 start a family生孩子 conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child怀孕 miss your period月经未按期来 become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant怀孕了；发现怀孕了 have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子 have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩 be in/go into/induce labour/( laborespecially
分娩；催产 have/suffer/cause a miscarriage流产；引起流产 give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting 养育；抚养；教养
bring up/ ( especially
NAmE raise a child/family抚养孩子 care for/ ( especially
BrE look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩 change ( a nappy/BrE ( a diaper/a babyNAmE 换尿布；给婴儿换尿布 feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子 be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假 go back/return to work after maternity leave产假后回到工作岗位 need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育 balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活 educate/teach/home-school a child/kid教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育 punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子 adopt a baby/child/kid收养小孩 offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption把小孩给人收养 ( especially
BrE foster a child/kid代养小孩 be placed with/be raised by foster parents被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养