adaptation

一、真题好句
adaptation 选择性必修1000 全国卷频次:3 教材出处:译林版选必修B1U2
/ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/
n. adaptations 1
适应；改编，改写本
高考真题原句选：
On Thursday in an article published in Cell, a team of researchers reported a new kind of adaptation—not to air or to food, but to the ocean.
These include custom-made navigation (导航) tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations.

二、词根记忆

adaptation
適應,(書)改寫本(adapt+ation→適應→適應(各種人)的書→改寫本)[opt,ept=fit,ability,表示”適應,能力”]

adap·ta·tion / 7AdAp5teiFn / (also less frequent adap·tion / E5dApFn / )
noun
1. [C] a film / movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but that has been changed for a new situation
改编本；改写本:
a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
莎士比亚悲剧《麦克佩斯》的电影改写本
2. [U] the process of changing sth, for example your behaviour, to suit a new situation
适应:
the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions
沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应

adaptation /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ AWL (also adaption /əˈdæpʃən/) noun
1  [countable] a film or television programme that is based on a book or play 改编版
adaptation of
the BBC adaptation of the best-selling book
那本畅销书的英国广播公司改编版
television/film/stage etc adaptation
He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.
他在把自己的最新小说改编成电影。
2  [uncountable] formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation 适应
adaptation to
adaptation to the environment
适应环境

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1.N-COUNT 可数名词（电影或电视的）改写本，改编本 An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
…Branagh’s screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth.

布拉纳改编自莎士比亚的《亨利五世》的影片

2.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词适应;作出调整 Adaptation is the act of changing something or changing your behaviour to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.

大多数生物都能在迫于压力的情况下适应新环境。

adaptation /ˌæˌdæpˈteɪʃən/ noun
plural adaptations
1
[count] : something that is adapted
especially : a movie, book, play, etc., that is changed so that it can be presented in another form被改变的事物；（尤指电影、书、戏剧等的）改写本，改编本
His stage adaptation of the novel was a success..
他根据小说改编成的舞台剧很成功。
The film is an adaptation of a book of the same title.
这部影片改编自同名书。
2
[count] : a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation（动植物的）适应性
The insect’s evolutionary adaptations enable it to be almost invisible even when sitting in the middle of a leaf.
这种昆虫在进化过程中形成了很强的适应能力，即使趴在树叶正中也很难被发现。
3
[noncount] : the process of changing to fit some purpose or situation : the process of adapting适应（过程）
a tool designed for easy adaptation
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