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adaptation

noun
 OPAL W
🔊/ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/
🔊/ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/
(also less frequent adaption
🔊/əˈdæpʃn/
🔊/əˈdæpʃn/
)
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  1.  
    [uncountable, countable] the action or process of changing something, or of being changed, to suit a new purpose or situation适应
    • the adaptation of buildings for military purposes出于军事目的对建筑进行的改造
    • adaptation to something The process of adaptation to a new school is difficult for some children.对一些孩子来说，适应新学校的过程很艰难。
    • making adaptations to your home改造你的家
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • successful
    • special
    • evolutionary
    • …
    verb + adaptation
    • make
    adaptation + verb
    • occur
    preposition
    • adaptation for
    • adaptation of
    • adaptation to
    • …
    phrases
    • a process of adaptation
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  2.  
    [countable] a film, television drama or play that is based on a particular book or play but has been changed to suit the new medium改编本；改写本
    • a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’莎士比亚悲剧《麦克白》的电影改写本
    Topics Film and theatrec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cinematic
    • film
    • movie
    • …
    verb + adaptation
    • develop
    • direct
    • film
    • …
    preposition
    • adaptation of
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  3. [uncountable, countable] adaptation (of something) (to something) (biology生物) the process of change by which a species becomes better suited to its environment适应
    • the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应
    • Adaptations in plants occur over thousands of years.植物发生适应性变化要花上成千上万年。
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare(from aptus ‘fit’).