1 VERB 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. 适应 [Also VERB]
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The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. [VERB + to]
世界会变得不同，我们必须做好准备以适应其变化。
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They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]
他们不得不适应战时经济。
SYN adjust, change, match, alter
2 VERB 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. 使适合，使适应（新用途或新情况） [Also VERB n + to]
SYN convert, change, prepare, fit
3 VERB 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. 改编；改写
| Usage | adapt and adopt |
| Adapt and adopt sound similar and have similar meanings, but be careful not to confuse them. When you adapt something, you change it to make it fit your purpose: Gilberto tried to adapt the recipe to cook a fish instead of a chicken-what a mistake! When you adopt something, you use it unchanged: Lucas adopted his boss's technique for dealing with rude customers-he ignored them! |
| Thesaurus | adapt Also look up: |
| VERB. | acclimate, adjust, conform 1 modify, revise 2 |
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