Verb:
choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague;The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group;We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
appoint summarily or commandeer;The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
take or assume for one's own use;He co-opted the criticism and embraced it
近义词 draft草稿choose选择invite邀请appoint任命nominate提名designate指定
This was democracy at a higher level: the kind of democracy that co-opts would- be rebels by making them a part of, and dependent on, the system.
这就是民主的更高水平：这种民主可以让选出的反对者变为合作者，成为体制的一部分，并依靠体制。 yeeyan