co-opt

英 [kəu'ɔpt] 美

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"

He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.: 他借鉴了很多民族主义标语，建立了一个平民主义者的形象。

He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him.: 他得到授权可以挑选自己想要的任何人加入他的团队。

Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics...: 华莱士先生竭力拉拢而不是击败他的批评者们。

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4. The formalization of co-operation between the republics would produce progress.: 正式确立合作关系将会促进共和国之间合作的顺利进展。

5. They agreed to work co-operatively to ease tensions wherever possible.: 他们同意互相配合尽一切努力缓解紧张局势。

co-opt: co-opt: see opinion
co-opt (v.): 1650s, "to select (someone) for a group or club by a vote of members," from Latin cooptare "to elect, to choose as a colleague or member of one's tribe," from com- "together" (see com-) + optare "choose" (see option (n.)). For some reason this defied the usual pattern of Latin-to-English adaptation, which should have yielded *cooptate. Sense of "take over" is first recorded c. 1953. Related: Co-opted; co-opting.

第三人称单数: co-opts;过去式: co-opted;过去分词: co-opted;现在分词: co-opting;