adopt vt.采用(foster) Susan adopted a strict diet when she learned she was sick. bestow vt.利用 contrive vt.设计，发明(invent) A group of scientists contrived a new synthetic plastic despatch vt.迅速处理(dispose) The Chairman despatched the meeting in 20mins. discard vt.s 丢弃(reject) I tried to discard the old toys, but the children found them and put themback in the toy box.