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co-opted

co-opted是什么意思?

vt.  增选;由现会员选举;指派
  形容词:co-optative  名词:co-optation  过去式:co-opted  过去分词:co-opted  现在分词:co-opting  第三人称单数:co-opts
  近义词:appoint,designate,choose,draft,invite,nominate,

英英释义

Verb
  1. choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague;

    "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"

  2. neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group;

    "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"

  3. appoint summarily or commandeer;

    "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"

  4. take or assume for one's own use;

    "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"

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