Embrace一词的含义可总结为以下三种：

1、拥；拥抱

warm embrace温暖的拥抱

locked in an embrace紧紧相拥

2、包括，包含

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

3、积极采纳（思想、建议等）

embrace new technologies采用新技术

eager embrace of modern technology热切采纳现代技术

4、信奉（宗教、信仰等）

embrace democracy/feminism/Islam 信奉民主╱男女平等主义╱伊斯兰教

参考双语例句：

For all these reasons, we believe that Taiwan serves as an excellent model for all those countries that seek to embrace democracy, human rights and the norms and values of our international community.

鉴于上述理由，我们认为，对于所有寻求拥护民主、人权和国际社会规范和价值的国家，台湾堪当楷模。

These initiatives embrace the development of the Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Programme and the Joint International Isotopes in Hydrology Programme (JIIHP), as well as the establishment of institutions such as the UNESCO/IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft; an International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC); a Water Centre in Chile for Arid and Semiarid Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean; a Regional Centre in Egypt for Water Studies of Arid and Semi-arid Zones and a Regional Centre for Urban Water Management in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

这些活动包括：制定重视环境、生命和政策的水文（HELP）计划和国际同位素水文学联合计划（JIIHP），并建立有关机构，如教科文组织国际水文计划设在德尔夫特（Delft）的水教育学院，建立国际地下水交流评估中心（IGRAC），在智利设立拉丁美洲和加勒比地区干旱与半干旱区水中心，在埃及设立干旱与半干旱水资源研究地区中心和在伊朗设立地区城市水资源管理中心。

With the right prerequisites in place, China’s retail landscape could become even more wired within a very short time frame, enhancing the tailwinds for the online players—and adding pressure for brick-andmortar retailers to embrace the e-tailing channel.

具备正确的前提，中国的零售业格局可能在极短的时间内大幅度提高网络化程度，增强网络零售商的力量，以及对实体零售商接受网络零售渠道施加影响。