- 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.
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- v. 适应；改编
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1. 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。
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2. It's amazing how soon you adapt.
你这么快就适应了，真是令人惊奇。
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3. The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.
生物被迫适应，以求生存。
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4. We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.
我们不得不迅速适应了新制度。
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5. 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。
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6. 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 (v.) early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Old French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust, fit to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + aptare "to join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Intransitive meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
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 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。 adapt adapts adapted adapting adapt / əˈdæpt ; NAmE əˈdæpt /
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