adopt

动词 adopt:

1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   同义词：follow, espouse
2. take up and practice as one's own
   同义词：borrow, take over, take up
3. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
   同义词：assume, take on, take over
4. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
   同义词：assume, acquire, take on, take
5. take into one's family
   同义词：take in
6. put into dramatic form
   同义词：dramatize, dramatise
7. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
   同义词：espouse, embrace, sweep up

1. We should adopt the consumers' suggestion.
   我们应该接受用户的建议。
2. Most countries adopt metric system.
   大多数国家采用米制。
3. As they had no children of their own, they adopted an orphan.
   他们没有亲生儿女，就收养了一个孤儿。