adaptation

adaptation
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action or process of adapting or being adapted
    适应(行为或过程)
    the adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs.
    修订教学方法以适应学生的需要。
    [count noun]adaptations to the school curriculum.
    学校课程设置的修改。
    ■[count noun]a film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work
    (根据文学作品)改编成的电影(或电视剧、戏剧)
    a three-part adaptation of Hard Times.
    《艰难时世》改编而成的三集脚本。
    ■[count noun](Biology)a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
    (生)适应性变化
    ■the process of making such changes
    适应性变化过程
    biochemical adaptation in parasites.
    寄生虫的生化适应性变化过程。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt)
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