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无 Adapt Fit ə'Dæpt V.使…适应;修改 V Early 15c

单词 adapt
音标 [ə'dæpt]
解释 v.使…适应;修改
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字源 adapt (v.)
early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intransitive) is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
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