剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - embrace collapse

embrace
/ɪm'breɪs/
verb
ACCEPT 接受
A [T] formal
* to accept something enthusiastically
欣然接受；乐意采纳

1. This was an opportunity that he would embrace.
这样的机会他是求之不得的。

/ɪm'breɪs/
verb
HOLD 抱
[I or T] literary
* to hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone
抱，拥抱

1. She saw them embrace on the station platform.
她看到他们在月台上拥抱。

2. He leant over to embrace the child.
他弯腰去拥抱那个孩子。

/ɪm'breɪs/
verb
INCLUDE 包括
[T] formal
* to include something, often as one of a number of things
包括，包含

1. Linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.
语言学包括一系列不同的科目，如语音学和文体学。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - embrace collapse

embrace ★★☆☆☆
1.V-RECIP 相互动词抱；拥抱 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 .

【语法信息】：V n (non-recip)

【语法信息】：pl-n V

【搭配模式】：usu with supp

  • Penelope came forward and embraced her sister...

    佩内洛普走上前拥抱了她妹妹。

  • At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other...

    起初人们几乎是喜极而泣，并互相拥抱。

  • He threw his arms round her and they embraced passionately.

    他伸出手臂搂住她，他们热情相拥。

  • Embrace is also a noun.

    • ...a young couple locked in an embrace.

      紧紧拥抱在一起的年轻情侣

2.VERB 动词欣然接受，支持（变革、政治体制、观点等） If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it.

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • He embraces the new information age...

    他迎接新的信息时代的到来。

  • The new rules have been embraced by government watchdog organizations.

    政府监察机构已经欣然接受了这些新规则。

  • Embrace is also a noun.

    • The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith.

      这桩婚姻标志着詹姆斯皈依了天主教。

3.VERB 动词包括;接纳 If something embraces a group of people, things, or ideas, it includes them in a larger group or category.

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • ...a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour.

    将囊括人类活动的各个领域的理论

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - embrace collapse

embrace
em·brace / im5breis / verb1. (formal) to put your arms around sb as a sign of love or friendship
   抱；拥抱
   SYN  hug :
  ▪ [V]
   They embraced and promised to keep in touch.
   他们互相拥抱,许诺将保持联系。
  ▪ [VN]
   She embraced her son warmly.
   她热情地拥抱着儿子。
2. [VN] (formal) to accept an idea, a proposal, a set of beliefs, etc., especially when it is done with enthusiasm
   欣然接受,乐意采纳(思想、建议等)；信奉(宗教、信仰等):
   to embrace democracy / feminism / Islam
   信奉民主/男女平等主义/伊斯兰教
3. [VN] (formal) to include sth
   包括；包含:
   The talks embraced a wide range of issues.
   这些谈话涉及的问题非常广泛。
• em·brace noun [C, U] :
   He held her in a warm embrace.
   他热烈地拥抱着她。
   There were tears and embraces as they said goodbye.
   他们分别时又是流泪,又是拥抱。
   the country's eager embrace of modern technology
   这个国家对现代技术的热切寻求

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - embrace collapse

embrace

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE close, strong, tight, warm the comfort of her warm ~ | comforting, gentle, loving, sweet, tender | passionate | friendly, protective | long, quick

• VERB + EMBRACE be locked in, hold sb in They were locked in a passionate ~ on the station platform. | tighten He closed his eyes and tightened his ~. | feel She would give anything just to feel his warm ~ again. | share The two friends shared one last ~. | accept She accepted his warm ~. | return (esp. AmE) He returned the ~ for a moment. | escape, escape from, free yourself from He managed to free himself from her ~. | release sb from He released her from his ~.

• PREPOSITION in an ~ two lovers in a tight ~ | into an ~ He drew her into his ~.

II. verb

1. put your arms around sb

• ADVERB tightly, warmly He rose from his chair and ~d her warmly. | gently, passionately

2. accept sth

• ADVERB genuinely, really, truly the only party which fully ~s the concept of democracy | completely, fully | widely (esp. AmE) Soccer has become more widely ~d by Americans. | eagerly, enthusiastically, happily, passionately, readily, warmly, wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm She ~d the feminist cause with enthusiasm. | increasingly | openly, publicly

Embrace is used with these nouns as the object: capitalism, cause, change, communism, concept, creed, culture, diversity, doctrine, future, heritage, idea, ideal, ideology, movement, philosophy, principle, reform, religion, revolution, role, technology, view, vision, whole

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - embrace collapse

embrace adj.
⇨ hug (She embraced her son.) ⇨ include 1 (The talks embraced a wide range of issues.)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - embrace collapse

embrace

verb
1 he ran to meet Jacob and embraced him
HUG , take/hold in one's arms, hold, cuddle, clasp to one's bosom, clasp, squeeze, clutch, seize, grab; nuzzle, caress; enfold, enclasp, encircle, enclose, envelop, entwine oneself around; informal canoodle, smooch; poetic/literary embosom.

2 many women are turning their backs on careers and embracing family life
WELCOME , accept, receive enthusiastically/wholeheartedly, take up, take to one's heart, welcome/receive with open arms, adopt; support, be in favour of, back, champion; formal espouse.
-opposite(s): REJECT.

3 the faculty embraces a wide range of departments
INCLUDE , take in, cover, involve, take into account, contain, comprise, incorporate, encompass, encapsulate, embody, subsume, comprehend.
-opposite(s): EXCLUDE.

noun
they were locked in an embrace
HUG , cuddle, squeeze, clasp, hold, clutch, clinch, nuzzle, caress; bear hug; informal necking session.

词源记忆 - embrace collapse

embrace 拥抱
em-, 进入，使；brace, 胳膊，箍子。