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单词 adaptive
释义
adaptive
adjective
uk
/əˈdæp.tɪv/us
/əˈdæp.tɪv/
having anabilitytochangetosuitchangingconditions:
Weteachourclientstorunprojectsin an adaptivemanner.
Effectiveleadersneed to behighlyadaptive.
biologyspecialized
relatingto the way that alivingthingchangesslightlyovertimeso it cancontinuetoexistin aparticularenvironment:
Aplantphysiologist, sheobservesthecapacityofplantsfor adaptivebehaviour.
adaptiveresponsestoenvironmentalchallenges
More examples
  • The vehicle'sradarsystemincludescollisionwarningand adaptivecruisecontrol.
  • Thespeakersharedhisinsightsonnurturinga newgenerationof adaptive innovators.
  • Hewarnedthat theorganizationremains"adetermined, adaptive,resilientenemy".
  • T-cells arepartofouradaptiveimmunesystemthatseekanddestroypreviously-encounteredpathogens.
  • Antibiotics candestroyboth good andbadbacteria,ultimatelyweakeningourimmunesystemand makingpathogenicbacteriamore adaptive anddifficulttocure.
  • There is atheorythatphobiasare aresultofevolution– amalfunctionof adaptiveresponse.
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
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(Definition ofadaptivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • They may have done so originally, but we must remember that the embryonic life itself has been subject to adaptive changes for millions of years.
  • This is especially true in the case of such adaptive instincts as curiosity, imitation, and play.
  • This renders them facile and adaptive in the ever-changing conditions of organic evolution.
  • Thomas was deeply observant and quickly adaptive.
  • Thus, by a sort of action and reaction, a two-fold series of adaptive modifications will be brought about.
adaptive
adjective
biologyspecialized
uk
/əˈdæp.tɪv/us
/əˈdæp.tɪv/
having anabilitytochangetosuitdifferentconditions
适应的；有适应性的

adaptive| American Dictionary

adaptive
adjective
us/əˈdæp·tɪv/
abletoadjust:
Thesegovernmentsdo notpossessthe adaptivecapacitytoenduresuchchanges.
biology
abletoadjustto theconditionsof aparticularenvironment
(Definition ofadaptivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

adaptive| Business English

adaptive
adjective
/əˈdæptɪv/uk
us
changingquicklytosuitdifferentconditions:
Adaptiveorganizationsrely onfastfeedbackfromcustomerstorespondtomarketchanges.
Theirfavouredapproachseemsto beadaptivemanagement, in which policymakersaltertheirpoliciesasconditionschange.
adaptiveprocesses/systems/strategies
(Definition ofadaptivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadaptive

adaptive
At the level of the firm tradable permits facilitateadaptivemanagement.
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Humans' evolved psychological architecture was designed to produce inferences that wereadaptive, not normatively logical.
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Considering the time-consuming procedure used inadaptivecontrol,13 this paper presents an efficient way for multi-input system's hysteresis decision to avoid any singularity.
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Evaluation studies have shown that the users often have problems with theadaptivefeatures of a system, and thus avoid using them.
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Anadaptivesteering controller for automated steering on agricultural tractors with an electrohydraulic steering system was evaluated as a possible solution for tractor steering.
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Opening up theadaptivetoolbox and figuring out what lies inside is a challenge that must be addressed from many directions.
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In this case,adaptivetime-series modeling incorporated in a state-space form for predicting the variable at the next sampling point can be used.
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There are strong evolutionarilyadaptivelinks between the ability to fall asleep and perceptions of safety versus threat.
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It is argued that thinking about one's own thoughts would haveadaptivevalue by enabling first order linguistic thoughts to be corrected.
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At present, theadaptivemanipulation hypotheses are supported only indirectly, with reference to the apparent functionality and complexity of the host modification.
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It is worth recalling that the behaviorist school of psychology also explained human and animal behavior by a backward-looking and unthinkingadaptivemechanism, namely, reinforcement.
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Triculines form a wholly aquatic group exhibiting today an amazingadaptiveradiation of three tribes, over 20 genera and more than 120 species.
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Moreover, it sheds some light on the evolution of leaders' expectations and on theadaptivecharacter of their interests and strategies.
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This availability of the facial display of pain confersadaptivebenefit on the individual, kin, and others, but only when attended to by observers.
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The population ecology of contemporary adaptations: what empirical studies reveal about conditions that promoteadaptiveevolution.
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