adopter

基本解释

But looking back, I was an early adopter of agile principles, even though I didn’t realize it at the time.
然而，回望过去，我认为我是敏捷原则的早期采纳者，即使当时我没有认识到这一点。
The personality of the individual adopter plays an important role in the propensity to trust the unfamiliar.
个人采纳者的性格在对信任不熟悉事物的习性上扮演了重要角色。
Although I have always seen value in agile practices, I have not been an early adopter -- a role I typically assume only when the risk and stakes are low.
尽管我已经看到了敏捷实践上的价值，但我还不是一个早期的采纳者--我通常是只有在风险和利害关系较低时的一个角色。

"Apple has been a driver in some things and they have been a faithful adopter of good ideas in others."

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