embrace

柯林斯词典

1. V-RECIP If you embrace someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, usually in order to show your love or affection for them. You can also say that two people embrace. 擁抱
Penelope came forward and embraced her sister. 珮內洛普走上前來擁抱了她的妹妹。
At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other. 開始時人們有點喜極而泣，互相擁抱。
2. N-COUNT Embrace is also a noun. 擁抱
...a young couple locked in an embrace. …緊緊相擁的年輕一對。
3. V-T If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it. 訢然接受; 信奉[正式]
He embraces the new information age. 他歡迎新的信息時代。
4. N-SING Embrace is also a noun. 訢然接受; 信奉
The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith. 這場婚姻標志著詹姆士對天主教的信奉。
5. V-T If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category. 囊括[正式]
...a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour. …一個囊括人類整個奮鬭領域的理論。
6. V to commit or attempt to commit embracery against (a jury, etc) 籠絡(陪讅員等)[criminal law]

We are always eager to embrace the latest technology .
Corporate America quickly embraced the Web as a new vehicle for advertising .
This was in the days before she embraced religion .
After meeting Claude Monet in 1887 he embraced and promoted the Impressionist style .
Dole has long embraced the concept .