embrace

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em·brace1 /ɪmˈbreɪs/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HOLD to put your arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way 抱，拥抱 SYN hug

Jack warmly embraced his son.

杰克热情拥抱他的儿子。

Maggie and Laura embraced.

玛吉和劳拉拥抱在一起。

► see thesaurus at hug

2 [transitiveT] formalACCEPT to eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion etc 欣然接受，乐意采纳〔新思想、意见、宗教等〕

We hope these regions will embrace democratic reforms.

我们希望这些地区会乐意接受民主改革。

Most West European countries have embraced the concept of high-speed rail networks with enthusiasm.

大多数西欧国家都表现出极大的兴趣，欣然接受修建高速铁路网的想法。

3 [transitiveT] formalINCLUDE to include something as part of a subject, discussion etc 包括，涉及

This course embraces several different aspects of psychology.

这门课程涉及心理学的几个不同方面。

n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbs

Embrace is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them. It does not need to have an object:

They embraced.

In this sentence, embrace is intransitive and does not have an object.

You can also say:

He embraced her.

They embraced each other.

In these sentences, embrace is transitive.

Examples from the Corpus

embrace• Before my flight was called we stood and embraced.• The word "culture' embraces both artistic and sociological aspects of a society.• The category "kinsmen' also embraces grandparents and grandchildren.• Phoebe ran to embrace her mother.• He jumped up and embraced his lawyer with both arms.• And like its counterparts within the high-performance loop, a program of inclusiveness can be insincerely embraced or carried to ridiculous lengths.• Though they were alone they did not embrace or kiss.• We embrace our rules and red tape to prevent bad things from happening, of course.• I embraced the external formalities of femininity, its appearances, behaviors, look, and feel.• By the end of the last century, Americans had embraced the idea of the right to free public education for all children.• The President said he wholeheartedly embraced the need for further talks on the refugee crisis.• Shadwell embraced them, and they kissed him, apparently without revulsion.• The dark edge of the forest showed before them, advanced and embraced them.• Wings embracing, they play in bright sunlight, Necks caressing roam the blue clouds.• The reality of reengineering has begun to gnaw away at those who had earnestly embraced this newest form of management self-improvement.

embrace2 noun [countableC]

HOLDthe act of holding someone close to you, especially as a sign of love 拥抱

in an embrace

They held each other in a tender embrace.

他们温柔地拥抱在一起。

Examples from the Corpus

embrace• So both went down, literally in deadly embrace...• She threw herself into his arms, sighing deeply when he half-heartedly returned her embrace.• His comment came as he was asked to explain his recent embrace of several Republican initiatives.• They were like a needle stuck in a gramophone record, inexorably repeating embrace after embrace.• Religions have also often attempted to reduce all human action to stylistic embrace as an expression of cosmological pretensions.• The children rushed into the embrace of their father.• He caught Nina into a tight embrace, holding her close.• Even outside all these imaginings, rumor and derision held us in an unwelcome embrace.

in an embrace• It is time the regime proved how much it loves its country and how much courage it has in embracing change.• No doubt it was hard enough to accept the volteface involved in embracing an element of property tax.• Ljungberg falls in the box with Babayaro locked in an embrace from behind.• And when that happens, you will surely see Switzer and Jones locked in an embrace.• Simultaneously they turned to face one another and a moment later they were locked in an embrace.• We would hold each other in an embrace, exchanging long kisses, and rock our bodies together until they overflowed.• Automatically his arms went out in embrace, but almost as they touched there was a double flash of light.

Origin embrace1

(1300-1400) Old French embracier, from brace “two arms”

em·brace1 verb →n GRAMMAR1embrace2 noun

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