1. adopted作定语,放在被修饰中心词之前，含义是“被收养的，移居的”：
Danny is their adopted son.
丹尼是他们的养子。
She is Mr. Green's adopted daughter.
她是格林先生的养女。
Stephen Smith was accepted into the family like an adopted brother.
这家人把斯蒂芬·史密斯视为养子一样当作一家人。
She was a wonderful mother to both her natural and adopted children.
她对亲生的和领养的孩子一样好。
She produced a TV series about adopted children.
她拍了一部描写收养儿童的电视系列片。
Spain is my adopted country.
西班牙是我移居的国家。
England is his adoptive country.
英国是他移居的国家。
adoptive adj. 收养（孩子）的；移居的（这个两个词作“移居的”用法重合。）
指收养他人孩子的，只作定语。
Mr. Green is Jane's adoptive father.
格林先生是简的养父。
She has to take care of her adoptive mother.
她必须照顾养母。
Her adoptive parents were farmers.
她的养父母是农民。
My adoptive parents truly loved me with all their heart.
我的养父母真心爱我。
It must be quite a story, since my adoptive parents refuse to admit that I was adopted.
这一定是个故事，因为我的养父母拒绝承认我是被领养的。
Mr Smith says, "Sarah is my adopted daughter."
史密斯先生说：“莎拉是我的养女。”
Sarah says, "He is my adoptive father.";
莎拉说：“他是我的养父。”
2.adopted修饰名词中心词，位置放在被修饰中心词之后，含义是“被采纳的”：
This is the proposal adopted.
这就是被采纳的那条建议。