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Adapt Adapted Change Sth Order N əˈdæpt Situation

adapt: 1. To adjust to a new situation or environment. Example: The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. 2. To change something to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. Example: Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. 3. To change a book or play so it can be made into a film or TV program. Example: The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

adapt: 1. 适应(新情况)。 例句:The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. 2. 使适合(新用途或新情况)。例句:Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. 3. 改编;改写。例句:The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

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[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.
  [V to n]
  [V pron-refl to n]
  [Also V]
  • 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.
  [V n]
  [Also V n to n]
  • 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.
  [V n]
  • 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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    Oxford adapt ★ AWL / əˈdæpt ; NAmE əˈdæpt / verb 1 ★ [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 inspanidual 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。 adapt adapts adapted adapting
    adapt / əˈdæpt ; NAmE əˈdæpt /
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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.GRAMMAR Adapt is usually passive in this meaning.—adapted adjective:  She lives in a specially adapted flat.
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    adapt

    [əˈdæpt]adapted, adapting, adapts

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    vi.适应
    vt.使适应;改编

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