adapt
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I 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. 适应
The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. 这个世界将会不同,所以我们必须准备好适应变化。
2. V-T If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. 改装
Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. 做了个书架,以便将这个图书馆改作一个办公室用。
3. →see also adapted
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adapt /əˈdæpt/ (adapting,adapted,adapts)
剑桥词典
- To remain competitive the company has to be able to adapt to the changing marketplace .
- We live in a changing world and people must learn to adapt.
- The two cultures were so utterly disparate that she found it hard to adapt from one to the other.
- The novel has been adapted for screen by a famous Hollywood director .
- The best-selling computer game has been adapted for a younger audience .
adapt verb (CHANGE)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to change something to suit different conditions or uses
使适应不同情况(或用途);改动;改造;改装;改编
Many software companies have adapted popular programs to the new operating system . 许多软件公司已经改编了常用的程序以适应新的操作系统。
The recipe here is a pork roast adapted from Caroline O'Neill's book "Louisiana Kitchen". 这道菜是根据卡罗琳•奥尼尔《路易斯安那厨房》一书中烤猪肉的做法改进而来的。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] We had to adapt our plans to fit Jack's timetable . 我们不得不改变我们的计划来适应杰克的时间安排。
The play had been adapted for (= changed to make it suitable for) children . 这个剧本已被改编成儿童剧。
Davies is busy adapting Brinkworth's latest novel for television . 戴维斯正忙着把布尔克沃斯的最新小说改编成电视剧。
例句
adapt verb (BECOME FAMILIAR)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]to become familiar with a new situation
适应;适合
The good thing about children is that they adapt very easily to new environments . 小孩的长处就是能够很容易地适应新环境。
It took me a while to adapt to the new job . 我过了一段时间才适应了新工作。 返回 adapt