embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ CET4 TEM4 ( embracing, embraced, embraces )

• 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. 拥抱

  例：

  Penelope came forward and embraced her sister.

  佩内洛普走上前来拥抱了她的妹妹。

  例：

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

  开始时人们有点喜极而泣，互相拥抱。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Embrace is also a noun. 拥抱

  例：

  ...a young couple locked in an embrace.

  …紧紧相拥的年轻一对。

• 3. 

  V-T If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or believing in it. 欣然接受; 信奉 [正式]

  例：

  He embraces the new information age.

  他欢迎新的信息时代。

• 4. 

  N-SING Embrace is also a noun. 欣然接受; 信奉

  例：

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

  这场婚姻标志着詹姆士对天主教的信奉。

• 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]

  例：

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

  …一个囊括人类整个奋斗领域的理论。

• 6. 

  V to commit or attempt to commit embracery against (a jury, etc) 笼络(陪审员等) [criminal law]