网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 adaptation
释义
adaptation
noun
uk
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
(alsoadaption,uk/əˈdæp.ʃən/us/əˈdæp.ʃən/)
C1[U]
theprocessofchangingtosuitdifferentconditions:
适应
Thedocumentaryis aboutcorruption,crimeandhumanadaptationtodifficultcircumstances.
His team'ssuccessfuladaptationtolifein thetop-flighthas come as nosurprise.
[CorU]biologyspecialized
theprocessin which alivingthingchangesslightlyovertimeto beabletocontinuetoexistin aparticularenvironment, or achangelike this:
Evolutionoccursas aresultof adaptationtonewenvironments.进化是生物适应新环境的结果。
It's theseevolutionaryadaptations that makeaphidsand otherinsectssodestructive.
[C]
afilm,book,play, etc. that has been made from anotherfilm,book,play, etc.:
（电影、书、剧本等的）改编
Lastyearhestarredin thefilmadaptation ofBillCronshaw'sbest-sellingnovel.去年他主演了那部由比尔•克朗肖的畅销小说改编的电影。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Adapting and modifying
  • acclimate
  • acclimation
  • acclimatization
  • acclimatize
  • accommodate
  • ambidextrous
  • chameleon
  • change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
  • configure
  • counter-adaptation
  • flex
  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • putsomethingback
  • putsomething/someoneforward
  • reacclimatize
  • unadapted
  • unamended
  • writesomeoneout ofsomething
  • Zelig
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Types of film, play, book etc.
(Definition ofadaptationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
adaptation
noun
uk
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
(alsoadaption,/əˈdæp.ʃən/)
C1[U]
theprocessofchangingtosuitdifferentconditions
适应
Evolutionoccursas aresultof adaptationtonewenvironments.进化是生物适应新环境的结果。
[C]
afilm,book,play, etc. that has been made from anotherfilm,book,play, etc.
（电影、书、剧本等的）改编
Lastyearhestarredin thefilmadaptation of Bill Cronshaw'sbest-sellingnovel.去年他主演了那部由比尔•克朗肖的畅销小说改编的电影。

adaptation| American Dictionary

adaptation
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌæd·əpˈteɪ·ʃən,-ˌæp-/
somethingproducedtoadjustto differentconditionsor uses, or tomeetdifferentsituations:
[C]Themoviewas an adaptation of anovel.
biology
acharacteristicof aplantoranimalthat makes itabletoadjustto theconditionsof aparticularenvironment
(Definition ofadaptationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadaptation

adaptation
The phylotypes identified here will be important organisms to study to learn their adaptations to cryogenic conditions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our lab is using viruses of hyperthermophilic organisms to elucidate these limits, and the adaptations of life needed for survival in extreme environments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The reason is that it is hard to decide which particular adaptations should be associated to specific user actions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their adaptations have made them robust and resilient to natural disturbances and harsh climatic conditions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The occurrence of par tial adaptations to the standard languages, hypercorrections, and hyperdialectalisms indicates a rather weak knowledge of the dialect.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The view advanced here is that they identify a set of behavioral adaptations for social interaction favored in our evolutionary past by group selection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They include cognitive adaptations to detect cheaters, paired with behavioral propensities to punish those who violate principles of reciprocity, including third-party violators.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore, speeding up biological feedback mechanisms may require evolutionary adaptations that are too complicated or metabolically too costly to develop.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Similarly, varying patterns of marriage can be viewed as adaptations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More research is needed to examine whether such adaptations enhance changed behaviour among participants rather than just maintain them, as in this study.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Home adaptations and private help do not significantly relate to the level of orientation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such processes may therefore give rise to processes of mutual adaptations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An ability to change planned strategies reactively depending on intermediate results is also a must and such adaptations should also be remembered for future use.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Plant response to stress: biochemical adaptations to phosphate deficiency.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, amazing adaptations to extreme stresses do not only occur in microbes, but also in many multicellular organisms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocationswithadaptation

adaptation

These are words often used in combination withadaptation.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

adaptation mechanism
They concluded that theadaptationmechanismthey examined was cor tical.
From theCambridge English Corpus
anime adaptation
She also does the previews for the next episodes in the anime adaptation.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
behavioural adaptation
The white tip derives its function from the function of thebehaviouraladaptationin which it is put to work.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/adaptation##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 3:03:02