Zelig
noun[C]
USuk/ˈzel.ɪɡ/us/ˈzel.ɪɡ/apersonwhoappearsin many differentsituationsand whochangestheirbehaviourorappearancetosuitthesituationthat they are in at thetime:
泽里格，（随环境的变化而改变自己外貌、行为等的）百变之人Like Zelig, you neverquiteknowin whatrolehe’s going topopup next.就像泽里格一样，你永远不知道他接下来会以什么角色出现。
- Amram is a 20thcenturymusicalZelig, and like that Woody Allencharacter, hestandsat theedgeof hundreds ofhistoricalphotographs,swappingstorieswithmusicians,writersandactors.
- People use the word "Zelig" about me, and I'm notentirelysurehow to take it.
- Like amusicalZelig, Dewey has ahandin all thepermutationsofpop.
- Rather like the Woody Allencreation, Zelig, there is achameleonqualityto Portsmouth'sfootballthesedays.
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- ambidextrous
- amendment
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
- configure
- counter-adaptation
- pliancy
- pliant
- pliantly
- putsomethingback
- putsomething/someoneforward
- unacclimatized
- unadapted
- unamended
- writesomeoneout ofsomething