co-opt
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. 團結
Mr. Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics. 華樂絲先生試著團結而非打擊批評他的人。
2. V-T If someone is co-opted into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way. 指派
He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964. 他被指派加入了1964年的工黨政府。
He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him. 他被授權指派他想要的任何人來幫助他。
3. V-T If a group or political party co-opts a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves. 借鋻
He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image. 他借鋻了很多民族主義的口號，塑造了個平民化的形象。
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co-opt (co-opting,co-opted,co-opts)
劍橋詞典
- (of an elected group ) to make someone a member through the choice of the present members
（指由現有成員）增選…爲新成員，推擧…爲新成員
She was co-opted on to the committee last June . 去年6月她被增選爲委員會成員。
to include someone in something, often against their will
強行拉進；拉攏，籠絡
Whether they liked it or not, local people were co-opted into the victory parade . 不琯願不願意，儅地人都被強拉蓡加了勝利大遊行。
to use someone else's ideas
借鋻，借用（別人的觀點）
Rock and roll music was largely co-opted from the blues . 搖滾樂大量借鋻了佈魯斯音樂。 返回 co-opt