[VERB 动词]适应 If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
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The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change...
世界会变得不同,我们必须做好准备以适应其变化。
They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
他们不得不适应战时经济。
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[VERB 动词]使适合,使适应(新用途或新情况) If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
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Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.
为将图书馆改作办公室而做了一些架子。
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[VERB 动词]改编;改写 If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme.
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The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen...
编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。
The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.
电影改编自一部同名戏剧。
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adapt★AWL/əˈdæpt; NAmEəˈdæpt/verb1★[transitive ]to change sth in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation 使适应,使适合(新用途、新情况)SYN
modify
adaptsth ◆These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes.这些式样可以修改,以适应个人不同爱好。adaptsth for sth ◆Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people.这些工具多数已经过特别改装,供残疾人士使用。2★[intransitive , transitive ]to change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new situation 适应(新情况)SYN
adjust
◆It's amazing how soon you adapt.你这么快就适应了,真是令人惊奇。◆The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.生物被迫适应,以求生存。adaptto sth ◆We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.我们不得不迅速适应了新制度。◆A large organization can be slow to adapt to change.大机构可能应变迟缓。adaptyourself to sth ◆It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings.他过了好一阵子才适应了新环境。3★[transitive ]adaptsth (for sth) (from sth) to change a book or play so that it can be made into a play, film/movie, television programme, etc. 改编;改写◆Three of her novels have been adapted for television.她的长篇小说中有三部已改编成电视节目。adaptadaptsadaptedadaptingadapt/əˈdæpt; NAmEəˈdæpt/
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adapta‧dapt /əˈdæpt/ ●●○W3 verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situationadapt to The children are finding it hard to adapt to the new school. flowers which are well adapted to harsh winters The ability to adapt is a definite asset in this job.adapt yourself/itself etc (to something) How do these insects adapt themselves to new environments?2[transitive] to change something to make it suitable for a different purposeadapt something to do something The car has been adapted to take unleaded gas.adapt something for somebody These teaching materials can be adapted for older children.3[transitive] if a book or play is adapted for film, television etc, it is changed so that it can be made into a film, television programme etc → adaptationbe adapted for something Many children buy books after they have been adapted for television.GRAMMARAdapt is usually passive in this meaning.—adapted adjective: She lives in a specially adapted flat.
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