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adapt 【ADAPT】When you go to a foreign country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.你去外国时，必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。【重点词汇】adapt v. 使适应manners and customs: 风俗习惯

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[ə'dæpt] 
adaptmake fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
Say you move to a country where everyone cooks with lots of hot peppers.  At first the food scalds your tongue, but over time you adapt — you change in a way that allows you to deal with the new circumstances.
Adapt comes from the ancient word ap, which means "take" or "grasp." Ap is even older than Latin — it comes from a lost language that was spoken by the common ancestors of modern-day Indians and Europeans and has since been reconstructed by linguists, who named it the Proto-Indo-European language, or PIE.  So what does adapt have to do with grasp?  If you adapt to, say, a new country, it's as though you're grabbing hold of its strange, slippery customs.
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CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: ADOPT-ADAPT
			
  "Adopt, adapt, and  improve," says the thief in a Monty Python skit when he robs a  lingerie shop instead of a bank. Adopt is to take something over, and to adapt is to change something to suit your needs. It's helpful advice  when you ask for money and get a pair of granny panties.

The robber didn't invent the  motto, it's from the Round Table Club, and it comes from a speech made by the  Prince of Wales in 1927. The full quote is:

The young business and professional men of this country must get  together round the table, adopt methods that have proved so sound in the  past, adapt them to the changing needs of the times and wherever  possible, improve them.

The prince was encouraging the  new generation of businessmen to take on, or adopt, methods that had  worked before. Adopt means to take on as one's own, like an idea, an  attitude, or behavior, or even, of course, a creature like a baby or a dog:

All this  strengthens my conviction that Europe must adopt strict and rigorous  rules, including but not limited to the rating agencies," he said. (Wall  Street Journal)
  
    Two months ago, I  turned down the opportunity to search for my adopted daughter's birth  parents. (New York Times)

‎But  the prince wanted Britain's industries to go further and adapt those methods to  current conditions. Adapt means to change something to fit new  situations, to modify:

One wonderful  thing the English language can do is adapt. (Forbes)
   "But  obviously that military presence can adapt over time, taking into  account the development in the overall security environment," he said. (Reuters)

Remember, if you mean to rob a  bank but wind up at an underwear store: adopt, adapt, and  improve!

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Back	【ADAPT】 When you go to a foreign country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs. 你去外国时，必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。【重点词汇】 adapt v. 使适应 manners and customs: 风俗习惯
Vocab	adaptmake fit for, or change to suit a new purpose Say you move to a country where everyone cooks with lots of hot peppers. At first the food scalds your tongue, but over time you adapt — you change in a way that allows you to deal with the new circumstances. Adapt comes from the ancient word ap, which means "take" or "grasp." Ap is even older than Latin — it comes from a lost language that was spoken by the common ancestors of modern-day Indians and Europeans and has since been reconstructed by linguists, who named it the Proto-Indo-European language, or PIE. So what does adapt have to do with grasp? If you adapt to, say, a new country, it's as though you're grabbing hold of its strange, slippery customs. All forms of 'adapt' will appear on average once every 190 pages. adapt adaptable adaptation adaptative adapted adapter adaption adaptive adaptor readapt adaptability unadaptable adaptational unadapted nonadaptive unadaptability CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: ADOPT-ADAPT "Adopt, adapt, and improve," says the thief in a Monty Python skit when he robs a lingerie shop instead of a bank. Adopt is to take something over, and to adapt is to change something to suit your needs. It's helpful advice when you ask for money and get a pair of granny panties. The robber didn't invent the motto, it's from the Round Table Club, and it comes from a speech made by the Prince of Wales in 1927. The full quote is: The young business and professional men of this country must get together round the table, adopt methods that have proved so sound in the past, adapt them to the changing needs of the times and wherever possible, improve them. The prince was encouraging the new generation of businessmen to take on, or adopt, methods that had worked before. Adopt means to take on as one's own, like an idea, an attitude, or behavior, or even, of course, a creature like a baby or a dog: All this strengthens my conviction that Europe must adopt strict and rigorous rules, including but not limited to the rating agencies," he said. (Wall Street Journal) Two months ago, I turned down the opportunity to search for my adopted daughter's birth parents. (New York Times) ‎But the prince wanted Britain's industries to go further and adapt those methods to current conditions. Adapt means to change something to fit new situations, to modify: One wonderful thing the English language can do is adapt. (Forbes) "But obviously that military presence can adapt over time, taking into account the development in the overall security environment," he said. (Reuters) Remember, if you mean to rob a bank but wind up at an underwear store: adopt, adapt, and improve!

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