| 词组 | adopted, adoptive |
| 释义 | adopted, adoptive Usage writers since Fowler 1926 and Krapp 1927 have been telling us that the rule is adopted children, adoptive parents. And it usually is so in practice. Formerly adopted had a fair amount of use applied to parents, as Fowler, Krapp, and Evans 1957 observe: • ... the estate of the last of Janice's adopted parents —Erie Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, 1936 • ... worked upon her adopted father with his threats of the wrath to come —Max Peacock, King's Rogue, 1947 We have no recent evidence of this use in print, although it may still persist in spoken English. Adoptive, too, crosses the usage boundary and is sometimes applied to children (Johnson's 1755 Dictionary has a citation from Francis Bacon for "adoptive son"): • The Stein menage also included Mme. Gabrielle Osorio and her adoptive daughter —Edward T. Cone, American Scholar, Summer 1973 But most writers follow the pattern suggested in the usage books: • First, let's consider the risks to adoptive parents — Claude Forell, The Age (Melbourne), 17 Apr. 1975 • Claire Kellerman, 18, adopted daughter of Sally Kellerman —Peter Carlson, People, 9 Aug. 1982 The usage writers are silent about other relationships adopted and adoptive are used for. Adoptive is used not only for parents but for homes, families, and other relatives: • ... the agency refused to return Lenore because she was already in an adoptive home —Eileen Hughes, Ladies' Home Jour., September 1971 • ... expect adoptive families to be easily found — Catherine Calvert, Town & Country, December 1982 • He falls in love with his adoptive sister —Time, 31 Mar. 1947 Both words are used for a new country, city, or state and for people who have them: • And naturally they discussed their adopted home. America came in for both good and bad marks — Paule Marshall, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 9 Jan. 1983 • ... foreign-born Americans who were loyal, dedicated defenders of their adopted country —William S. Garmon, Averett Jour., Autumn 1970 • ... who was knighted in his adoptive England in 1980 —Diane McWhorter, TV Y. Times Book Rev., 1 May 1983 • ... a heterogeneous cross section of New Yorkers, born and adopted —Carey Winfrey, TV. Y. Times, 1 Jan. 1980 • ... written by an adoptive Californian —Darrell Berrigan, Saturday Evening Post, 3 July 1954 |
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