adapt

英 [əˈdæpt]

美 [əˈdæpt]

v. 使适应，使适合(新用途、新情况); 适应(新情况); 改编; 改写

过去分词：adapted　现在分词：adapting　过去式：adapted　第三人称单数：adapts　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2816 / COCA.2933

同义词辨析

accommodate adapt adjust【导航词义：适应】

accommodatev. 〈正式〉适应，顺应

〔辨析〕

强调适应新的环境。

〔例证〕

Your eyes will accommodate to the darkness after a while.
过一会儿你的眼睛就能适应黑暗。
She had to accommodate to a new job.
她不得不使自己适应新的工作。

adaptv. （使）适合，（使）适应

〔辨析〕

强调改变现有条件以适应新的情况。

〔例证〕

He adapted to the new school.
他使自己适应新学校。
Bob adapted his old car so his son could use it.
鲍勃改装了旧汽车，这样他的儿子便能使用。

adjustv. 适应，习惯

〔辨析〕

指稍微调整以适应特定工作或新的情况，调整幅度没有 adapt 大，常后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

His eyes have't adjusted to the darkness yet.
他的眼睛还没有适应黑暗。
Kids are quite good at adjusting.
小孩子适应能力很强。

verb

使适应，使适合（新用途、新情况）
to change sth in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation
1. 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，供残疾人使用。
2. 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。
适应（新情况）
to change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new situation
1. We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.
  我们不得不迅速适应新制度。
2. A large organization can be slow to adapt to change.
  大机构可能应变迟缓。
3. The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.
  生物被迫适应，以求生存。
4. It's amazing how soon you adapt.
  你这么快就适应了，真是令人惊奇。
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。
改编；改写
to change a book or play so that it can be made into a play, film/movie, television programme, etc.
1. 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。

VERB 适应
If youadapt toa new situation oradapt yourself toit, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
1. 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。
2. They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
  他们不得不适应战时经济。
VERB 使适合，使适应（新用途或新情况）
If youadaptsomething, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
1. 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。
VERB 改编；改写
If youadapta book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme.
1. 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。
2. The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.
  电影改编自一部同名戏剧。
See also:adapted

verb

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
1. We must adjust to the bad economic situation
Synonym:adjustconform
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
1. Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
Synonym:accommodate

One should adapt oneself to the changed conditions.
我们应当使自己适应变化了的情况。
How quickly could different economic sectors and social groups adapt to different kinds of climate impacts?
不同的经济部门和社会群体要多快才能适应各种气候变化带来的影响？
She knew how to adapt herself.
她懂得如何适应环境。
I find it very difficult to adapt myself to the climate in the high mountains.
我觉得自己很难适应高山气候。
Can he adapt himself to the job?
他能适应这工作吗？
You also want the OTMPS to adapt to changes in business policies and processes.
您也希望OTMPS能够适应业务策略和流程中的变化。
When we come to a new environment, we have to adapt our psychology.
到了新的环境，就得调适自己的心态。
Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
虽然这些蔬菜作物很适应我们这里温和的气候，它们的收成却很差。
You have to adapt.
你必须得适应。
He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.
他敦促雇主和工会根据经济条件调整工资方案。