1、adopt

采取；采納；采用

Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops.

議會采納了要求全部撤軍的決議。

Pupils should be helped to adopt a positive approach to the environment.

應幫助學生對環境采取積極的態度。

收養;領養

There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.

有數以百計的人渴望領養孩子。

The adopted child has the right to see his birth certificate.

被收養的孩子有權看自己的出生證明。

移居（某國）;選擇（某國）定居

Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.

波度爾斯基加入美國海軍當上了飛行員，不僅改了國籍還換了行當。

their adopted home in England.

他們移居英國的家

2、severe

十分嚴重的;極為惡劣的

a business with severe cash flow problems.

有嚴重資金周轉問題的公司

I suffered from severe bouts of depression.

我曾患有嚴重的抑郁癥。

(懲罰、批評)嚴厲的，嚴重的，苛刻的

This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.

這一罪行十分惡劣，必須要重判。

Before she could reply, my mother launched into a severe reprimand.

她還沒來得及回答，我媽媽就開始嚴厲地訓斥起她來。