- [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
- …
- make
- occur
- adaptation for
- adaptation of
- adaptation to
- …
- a process of adaptation
- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cinematic
- film
- movie
- …
- develop
- direct
- film
- …
- adaptation of
- [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。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare(from aptus ‘fit’).