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adapt vt.改编；使适应vi.适应；适合 (1) 这部小说已由俄文原著改编成无线电广播节目。(2) 她很快就适应了这种新气候。(3) 在社会中生活就要遵循社会行为准则。(4) 要将这部小说改编为适合小孩的阅读水准很难。(5) 世界上适合你的人不会只有一个。 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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英 [ə'dæpt] 美 [ə'dæpt] (1) This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original.(2) She adapted herself quickly to the new climate.(3) You must adapt to the norms of the society you live in.(4) It's hard to adapt this novel for children.(5) There will be more than one person who can adapt to you. 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. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4See also:adapted；

英语单词	adapt
英美音标	英 [ə'dæpt] 美 [ə'dæpt]
中文释义	vt.改编；使适应 vi.适应；适合
英语例句	(1) This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original. (2) She adapted herself quickly to the new climate. (3) You must adapt to the norms of the society you live in. (4) It's hard to adapt this novel for children. (5) There will be more than one person who can adapt to you.
中文例句	(1) 这部小说已由俄文原著改编成无线电广播节目。 (2) 她很快就适应了这种新气候。 (3) 在社会中生活就要遵循社会行为准则。 (4) 要将这部小说改编为适合小孩的阅读水准很难。 (5) 世界上适合你的人不会只有一个。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 See also:adapted ；

Adapt N Change [V Verb 动词 Adapted Deal